双重交叉偏好下的信号传递

Signaling Under Double‐Crossing Preferences

Econometrica · 2022
被引 15
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

研究了当两种类型的无差异曲线交叉两次时(即单交叉性质不成立)的信号传递问题,发现均衡中存在一个阈值类型,低于该阈值时类型完全揭示,高于阈值时成对混同,且信号行动在类型上是拟凹的。

Abstract

This paper provides a general analysis of signaling under double‐crossing preferences with a continuum of types. There are natural economic environments where the indifference curves of two types cross twice, such that the celebrated single‐crossing property fails to hold. Equilibrium exhibits a threshold type below which types choose actions that are fully revealing and above which they pool in a pairwise fashion, with a gap separating the actions chosen by these two sets of types. The resulting signaling action is quasi‐concave in type. We also provide an algorithm to establish equilibrium existence by construction.

信号博弈双重交叉偏好分离均衡准凹函数