4 papers
Elicitability
Yaron Azrieli, Christopher Chambers, Paul Healy +1
An analyst is tasked with producing a statistical study. The analyst is not monitored and is able to manipulate the study. He can receive payments contingent on his report and trus…
Sequential Non-Bayesian Persuasion
Yaron Azrieli, Rachana Das
We study a model of persuasion in which the receiver's updating rule systematically distorts Bayesian posteriors. While in the classic Bayesian case providing information sequentia…
Anonymous voting in a heterogeneous society
Yaron Azrieli, Ritesh Jain, Semin Kim
We study the design of voting mechanisms in a binary social choice environment where agents' cardinal valuations are independent but not necessarily identically distributed. The me…
Temporary exclusion in repeated contests
Yaron Azrieli
Consider a population of agents who repeatedly compete for awards, as in the case of researchers annually applying for grants. Noise in the selection process may encourage entry of…