2 papers
econ.TH2026
Filling Positions Without Transfers: Screening on Outside Options
Morteza Honarvar, Joanna Krysta, Eric Tang
A designer offers vertically-differentiated positions to agents in the absence of transfers. Agents have private outside options and may reject their offers ex-post. The designer h…
econ.TH2025
Cued to Queue: Information in Waiting-Line Auctions
Jack Hirsch, Eric Tang
We study the effect of providing information to agents who queue before a scarce good is distributed at a fixed time. Many information policies reveal "sudden bad news," when agent…