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A Comparison of Noisy Signals in Screening

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  • David Lagziel

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  • Ehud Lehrer

    (Tel Aviv University)

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  • David Lagziel & Ehud Lehrer, 2019. "A Comparison of Noisy Signals in Screening," Working Papers 1904, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics.
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    3. David Lagziel & Ehud Lehrer, 2019. "A Bias of Screening," American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 1(3), pages 343-356, December.
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    5. Michael Spence, 1973. "Job Market Signaling," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 87(3), pages 355-374.
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    Keywords

    screening; threshold strategies; optimal screening;
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    JEL classification:

    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
    • D49 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Other
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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