3 papers
econ.TH2026
Delegated Information Provision
Francesco Bilotta, Christoph Carnehl, Justus Preusser
A designer relies on an experimenter to provide information to a decision maker, but the experimenter has incentives to persuade rather than merely transmit information. Anticipati…
econ.TH2024
A Quest for Knowledge
Christoph Carnehl, Johannes Schneider
Is more novel research always desirable? We develop a model in which knowledge shapes society's policies and guides the search for discoveries. Researchers select a question and ho…
econ.GN2024
Designing Scientific Grants
Christoph Carnehl, Marco Ottaviani, Justus Preusser
This paper overviews the economics of scientific grants, focusing on the interplay between the inherent uncertainty in research, researchers' incentives, and grant design. Grants d…