3 papers
econ.TH2026
Accelerator and Brake: Dynamic Persuasion with Dead Ends
Zhuo Chen, Yun Liu
This paper studies dynamic persuasion in a strategic-experimentation relationship in which the principal has a single-peaked preference over the agent's stopping time. Excessive ex…
econ.TH2024
Information Greenhouse: Optimal Persuasion for Medical Test-Avoiders
Zhuo Chen
Patients often avoid medical tests because the information they provide, although medically useful, is psychologically painful. This paper studies optimal communication between a d…
econ.TH2024
Chasing Contests
Zhuo Chen, Yun Liu
This paper proposes a dynamic research contest, namely chasing contest, in which two asymmetric contestants exert costly effort to accomplish two breakthroughs. The contestants are…