6 papers
Skill Premia and Pre-Marital Investments in Marriage Markets
Aditya Kuvalekar
I study a decentralized marriage market with search frictions, costly pre-marital skill investments, and non-transferable utility. Despite a fully symmetric environment, asymmetric…
Reputational Spillovers
Aditya Kuvalekar, Anna Sanktjohanser
We analyze a reputational bargaining game in which a central player negotiates simultaneously with two peripheral players. Each player is either rational or a commitment type who n…
Similarity of Information in Games
Deepal Basak, Joyee Deb, Aditya Kuvalekar
Algorithmic content targeting homogenizes information, with implications for strategic interactions. For example, this increased homogenization was arguably responsible for the run…
Similarity of Information and Collective Action
Deepal Basak, Joyee Deb, Aditya Kuvalekar
We study a canonical collective action game with incomplete information. Individuals attempt to coordinate to achieve a shared goal, while also facing a temptation to free-ride. Co…
Matching with Incomplete Preferences
Aditya Kuvalekar
I study a two-sided marriage market in which agents have incomplete preferences -- i.e., they find some alternatives incomparable. The strong (weak) core consists of matchings wher…
The Wrong Kind of Information
Aditya Kuvalekar, João Ramos, Johannes Schneider
Agents, some with a bias, decide between undertaking a risky project and a safe alternative based on information about the project's efficiency. Only a part of that information is…