In this paper, we analyze the effect of Cournot competition with differentiated products on the real and financial decisions of a publicly-owned firm, with three different structures in the financial market: monopoly, duopoly and Stackelberg. We show that the degree of product differentiation...

Nudging behaviors through user interface design is a practice that is well-studied in HCI research. Corporations often use this knowledge to modify online interfaces to influence user information disclosure. In this paper, we experimentally test the impact of a norm-shaping design patterns on...

A principal evaluates an agent based on his knowledge of a subject matter, modeled as a binary state, using pass-fail tests. I show that the optimal test takes a "pick the correct answer" form, with at most three options, regardless of how the principal values the agent's information. In the...