Two opposed parties seek to influence an uninformed decision maker. They invest in acquiringinformation and select what to disclose. The decision maker then adjudicates. We compare thisbenchmark with a procedure allowing adversarial cross-examination. A cross-examiner tests theopponent in order...

Two parties with opposed interests invest in acquiring evidence which they may only partially disclose. The decision maker then adjudicates. This set-up is compared with one permitting cross-examination of the other party's report. Now the decision maker can better assess whether a report was...