3 papers
econ.TH2026
Information Design in Smooth Games
Alex Smolin, Takuro Yamashita
We study information design in games where players choose from a continuum of actions and have continuously differentiable payoffs. We show that an information structure is optimal…
econ.TH2026
Menu Pricing of Large Language Models
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti, Alex Smolin
We develop a framework for the optimal pricing and product design of LLMs in which a provider sells menus of token budgets to users who differ in their valuations across a continuu…
econ.TH2025
Buyer-Optimal Algorithmic Recommendations
Shota Ichihashi, Alex Smolin
In markets where algorithmic data processing is increasingly prevalent, recommendation algorithms can substantially affect trade and welfare. We consider a setting in which an algo…