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econ.TH2026
Ripple Effects: Robust Norms without Punishment
Alistair Barton
I propose a novel, tractable model of pro-social norms in large communities with slightly altruistic agents. Agents participate in the norm to influence others to participate in th…
econ.TH2026
Purification and Perturbations of Communication and Repeated Games
Alistair Barton
I prove that it is irrational for agents with even slightly private preferences to condition their strategy on private information that is payoff-irrelevant to them, contrary to po…
econ.TH2024
Robust Communication Between Parties with Nearly Independent Preferences
Alistair Barton
We study finite-state communication games in which the sender's preference is perturbed by random private idiosyncrasies. Persuasion is generically impossible within the class of s…