Microplastics (MPs) pollution has caused attentions globally due to their potential risk to the environment. In this work, MPs in snowpit samples collected from Demula (DML) glacier in the southeast Tibetan Plateau were investigated. The results showed that the average abundance of MPs in snow...

We study the design of information disclosure in a dynamic multi-agent research contest, where each agent privately searches for innovations and submits his best to compete for a winner-takes-all prize. We find that although submission is a onetime event for each agent, different disclosure...

We study all-pay auctions with one-sided private information and interdependent valuations. To sharpen the competition and maximize revenue, the auction organizer can design an information disclosure policy through Bayesian persuasion about the bidder with private information. We characterize...