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Effort Matters in Score-Based Admissions: How Retaking and Aggregation Shape Test Scores
Christine Ling, Diptangshu Sen, Juba Ziani
Observed standardized test scores are the result of an endogenous process: students strategically allocate effort across multiple retake attempts to improve their outcomes. Because…
The Impact of Competition on Outcomes of Score-Based College Admissions
George Bentley, Diptangshu Sen, Juba Ziani
We study how the design of admissions policies affects the ability of students admitted to universities. In our model, applicants have a multi-dimensional ability, which is a combi…
Data Sharing with Endogenous Choices over Differential Privacy Levels
Raef Bassily, Kate Donahue, Diptangshu Sen +2
Motivated by the rapid push to decentralize sharing of data, we study whether large-scale data sharing coalitions can form in a decentralized manner under differential privacy when…
Incentivizing Desirable Effort Profiles in Strategic Classification: The Role of Causality and Uncertainty
Valia Efthymiou, Chara Podimata, Diptangshu Sen +1
We study strategic classification in binary decision-making settings where agents can modify their features in order to improve their classification outcomes. Importantly, our work…
On Rider Strategic Behavior in Ride-Sharing Platforms
Jay Mulay, Diptangshu Sen, Juba Ziani
Over the past decade, ride-sharing services have become increasingly important, with U.S. market leaders such as Uber and Lyft expanding to over 900 cities worldwide and facilitati…
Equilibria of Data Marketplaces with Privacy-Aware Sellers under Endogenous Privacy Costs
Diptangshu Sen, Jingyan Wang, Juba Ziani
We study a two-sided online data ecosystem comprised of an online platform, users on the platform, and downstream learners or data buyers. The learners can buy user data on the pla…