Browsing Economics by Author "Lawarree, Jacques"
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Essays on Contract Theory and Mechanism Design
Rodivilov, AlexanderMy dissertation investigates optimal contracts for experimentation and a matching problem for the runway slot allocation. The first chapter of my dissertation examines the role of monitoring in experimentation where agents ... -
Essays on Dynamic Contracting with Present Bias
Shen, TongyuanThis dissertation studies dynamic contracting models with present bias. The present bias is commonly modeled in two ways, dual-self present bias and hyperbolic discounting present bias. Dual-self present bias assumes that ... -
Essays on Optimal Contracts with Overconfidence
Downs, Justin RThis dissertation studies the effect of overconfidence on markets and organizations with asymmetric information. In the first chapter, I introduce overconfidence into a standard information gathering contracting model. A ...