We model the joint distribution of choice probabilities and decision times in binary decisions as the solution to a problem of optimal sequential sampling, where the agent is uncertain of the utility of each action and pays a constant cost per unit time for gathering information. We show that...

We consider a two-player contest model in which breakthroughs arrive according to privately observed Poisson processes. Each player's process continues as long as she exerts costly effort. The player who collects most breakthroughs until a predetermined deadline wins a prize.We derive Nash...

Let X be a one-dimensional diffusion and let g : [0, T ] × ℝ → ℝ be a payoff function depending on time and the value of X. The paper analyzes the inverse optimal stopping problem of finding a time-dependent function π : [0, T ] → ℝ such that a given stopping time τ^* is a solution...