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Information design in multi-stage games

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  • Makris, Miltiadis

    (Department of Economics, University of Essex)

  • Renou, Ludovic

    (School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London)

Abstract

This paper generalizes the concept of Bayes correlated equilibrium (Bergemann and Morris, 2016) to multi-stage games. We apply our characterization results to a number of illustrative examples and applications.

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  • Makris, Miltiadis & Renou, Ludovic, 2023. "Information design in multi-stage games," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 18(4), November.
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    Keywords

    Multi-stage games; information design; communication equilibrium; sequential communication equilibrium; information structures; Bayes correlated equilibrium; revelation principle;
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    JEL classification:

    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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