3 papers
econ.TH2026
Information Greenhouse: Optimal Persuasion for Medical Test-Avoiders
Zhuo Chen
Patients often avoid medical tests because testing produces not only useful information but also painful beliefs. This paper studies optimal communication between a doctor and an i…
econ.TH2026
Accelerator and Brake: Dynamic Persuasion with Dead Ends
Zhuo Chen, Yun Liu
We study optimal dynamic persuasion in a bandit experimentation model where a principal, unlike in standard settings, has a single-peaked preference over the agent's stopping time.…
econ.TH2025
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…