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Short-id: psm213

Working Papers

2026

1. Calibrated Mechanism Design
   Papers, arXiv.org
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2026)
   Working Papers, HAL (2026)
2. Information Design in Smooth Games
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2025)
   Working Papers, HAL (2025)
   See also Journal Article Information design in smooth games, Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society (Forthcoming) (Forthcoming)
3. Menu Pricing of Large Language Models
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2026) View citations (5)
   Papers, arXiv.org (2026) View citations (5)
   Working Papers, HAL (2025)
4. Robust Trust
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2026)
   Papers, arXiv.org (2026)

2025

5. Buyer-Optimal Algorithmic Recommendations
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2025) View citations (1)
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2025) View citations (1)
6. Data Provision to an Informed Seller
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2023)
   Papers, arXiv.org (2023) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Data provision to an informed seller, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2025) View citations (1) (2025)
7. The Economics of Large Language Models: Token Allocation, Fine Tuning, and Optimal Pricing
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (7)
8. The welfare impact of recommendation algorithms
   Post-Print, HAL

2024

9. Persuasion and Welfare
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (6)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2023)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2023)
   See also Journal Article Persuasion and Welfare, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2024) View citations (8) (2024)

2023

10. Buyer-Optimal Algorithmic Consumption
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research
    Also in Working Papers, NET Institute (2023)
11. Disclosure and Pricing of Attributes
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (10)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2017) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Disclosure and pricing of attributes, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2023) View citations (7) (2023)
12. Information Design in Games: Certification Approach
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research
13. Optimal technology design
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (4)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Optimal technology design, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2022

14. Data Collection by an Informed Seller
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2022) View citations (5)
    Working Papers, HAL (2022)
15. Information Design in Concave Games
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2022)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2022)
16. The Optimality of Upgrade Pricing
    Post-Print, HAL
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2021) View citations (1)
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2021) View citations (1)
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2021) View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2021) View citations (1)

2021

17. Information Payoffs: An Interim Perspective
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2021) View citations (4)

2018

18. Cream Skimming and Information Design in Marching Markets
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Cream Skimming and Information Design in Matching Markets, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (22) (2019)

2017

19. Dynamic Communication with Biased Senders
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Dynamic communication with biased senders, Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier (2018) View citations (18) (2018)
20. Dynamic Evaluation Design
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Dynamic Evaluation Design, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (11) (2021)
21. The Design and Price of Information
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2016)
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2016) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Design and Price of Information, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (95) (2018)

2014

22. Selling Experiments: Menu Pricing of Information
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2026

1. Information design in smooth games
   Theoretical Economics, Forthcoming
   See also Working Paper Information Design in Smooth Games, Papers (2026) View citations (2) (2026)

2025

2. Data provision to an informed seller
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2025, 153, (C), 131-144 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Data Provision to an Informed Seller, Post-Print (2025) View citations (1) (2025)

2024

3. Persuasion and Welfare
   Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132, (7), 2451 - 2487 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Persuasion and Welfare, Post-Print (2024) View citations (6) (2024)

2023

4. Disclosure and pricing of attributes
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2023, 54, (4), 570-597 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Disclosure and Pricing of Attributes, Post-Print (2023) View citations (10) (2023)
5. Optimal technology design
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2023, 209, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Optimal technology design, Post-Print (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2021

6. Dynamic Evaluation Design
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2021, 13, (4), 300-331 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Dynamic Evaluation Design, MPRA Paper (2017) View citations (4) (2017)

2019

7. Cream Skimming and Information Design in Matching Markets
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2019, 11, (2), 250-76 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Cream Skimming and Information Design in Marching Markets, MPRA Paper (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2018

8. Dynamic communication with biased senders
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 110, (C), 330-339 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper Dynamic Communication with Biased Senders, MPRA Paper (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
9. The Design and Price of Information
   American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (1), 1-48 View citations (95)
   See also Working Paper The Design and Price of Information, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)