Report NEP-MIC-2026-08-17

This is the archive for NEP-MIC, a report on new working papers in the area of Microeconomics. Jing-Yuan Chiou issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Gorkem Celik & Roland Strausz, 2026, "Informative Certification: Screening vs. Acquisition," Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers, Berlin School of Economics, number 0104, Jul, DOI: 10.48462/opus4-6298.
• Ichihashi, Shota & Jeon, Doh-Shin & Kim, Byung-Cheol, 2024, "Mechanism Design and Innovation Incentive for an Ad-Funded Platform," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19675, Nov.
• Hattori, Keisuke, 2026, "The Desire to Be Missed: Irreplaceability and Leadership in Teams," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341791.
• Peitz, Martin & Sato, Susumu, 2024, "Asymmetric Platform Oligopoly," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19584, Oct.
• Schöttner, Anja & Upton, Harvey, 2024, "When Should a Firm Employ its Workers? A Relational Contracting Approach," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19688, Nov.
• Dirk Bergemann & Marek Bojko, 2026, "Efficient Dynamic Mechanism Design without a Common Prior," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, number 2540, Jul.
• Itai Ashlagi & Shahar Dobzinski & Jacob D. Leshno & Sigal Oren, 2026, "Auction Design with a Bit of Information," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.06623, Aug, revised Aug 2026.
• Ma, Tianyu & Riedel, Frank, 2026, "First-price Sealed-bid Auctions with Smoothly Ambiguity-Averse Bidders," Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University, number 769, Aug.
• Aman Ray & Srikanth Pai, 2026, "A Median Voter Theorem with Voter Abstention," Working Papers, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India, number 2026-306, Jul.
• Anna D’annunzio & Yassine Lefouili & Bruno Jullien & Leonardo Madio, 2026, "Mergers and Investments in New Products," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05680914, Jun, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2026.103291.
• Kamenica, Emir & Lin, Xiao, 2024, "Commitment and Randomization in Communication," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19759, Dec.
• Parakhonyak, Alexei & Rhodes, Andrew, 2025, "Dynamic Consumer Search," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19853, Jan.
• Bergemann, Dirk & Gan, Tan & Li, Yingkai, 2026, "Managing persuasion robustly: the optimality of quota rules," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 140351, Sep.
• Sweeting, Andrew & Tao, Xuezhen & Wang, Qian, 2024, "Output Signaling in Oligopoly," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19757, Dec.
• Della Lena, Sebastiano & Merlino, Luca & Zenou, Yves, 2026, "Affective Polarization, Media Outlets, and Opinion Dynamics," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18823, Jul.
• Hector Chade & Victoria Marone & Amanda Starc & Jeroen Swinkels, 2026, "Multidimensional Screening for Quality with an Application to Health Insurance," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, number 2541, Jun.
• Peitz, Martin & Sobolev, Anton, 2024, "Product Recommendations and Price Parity Clauses," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19659, Nov.
• Bobkova, Nina, 2024, "The Optimality of Majority Rule: An Information-Choice Perspective," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19777, Dec.
• Benkert, Jean-Michel & Letina, Igor, 2024, "Never-ending Search for Innovation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19732, Dec.
• Weijie Zhong, 2026, "Bundling Complements," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.07982, Jul.
• Heidhues, Paul & Johnen, Johannes & Köszegi, Botond, 2024, "Consumer Protection in Economies with Limited Attention," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19560, Oct.
• Markovich, Sarit & Rayo, Luis, 2024, "What's on the Menu? Consumption Externalities & Product Quality," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19792, Dec.
• Youming Liu & Francisco Rivadeneyra & Edona Reshidi, 2026, "Public vs. Private Payment Platforms: Market Impacts and Optimal Policy," Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada, number 26-10, Mar, DOI: 10.34989/swp-2026-10.
• Prummer, Anja & Squintani, Francesco, 2025, "An Organizational Theory of Unionization," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19843, Jan.
• Mei Dong & Janet Hua Jiang & Ling Sun, 2026, "Information, Prices and Buyer Entry," Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada, number 26-4, Mar, DOI: 10.34989/swp-2026-4.
• Andrew Ellis & Michele Piccione & Shengxing Zhang, 2026, "Equilibrium Information Aggregation under Machine Learning," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.13670, Jul.
• Baccara, Mariagiovanna & Levy, Gilat & Razin, Ronny, 2024, "Research Waves," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19808, Dec.
• Antler, Yair & Spiegler, Ran, 2024, "Competitive Markets with Imperfectly Discerning Consumers," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19562, Oct.