《Persuading a Motivated Thinker》
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作者:
Victor Augias and Daniel M. A. Barreto
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最新提交年份:
2021
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分类信息:
一级分类:Economics 经济学
二级分类:Theoretical Economics 理论经济学
分类描述:Includes theoretical contributions to Contract Theory, Decision Theory, Game Theory, General Equilibrium, Growth, Learning and Evolution, Macroeconomics, Market and Mechanism Design, and Social Choice.
包括对契约理论、决策理论、博弈论、一般均衡、增长、学习与进化、宏观经济学、市场与机制设计、社会选择的理论贡献。
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英文摘要:
We model a game of persuasion in which the receiver is a motivated thinker. Following the reception of Sender\'s signal, Receiver forms beliefs by trading-off the anticipatory utility any belief entails against the psychological cost of self-delusion, which results in overoptimism. We show that persuasion effectiveness depends on Receiver\'s material stakes: persuasion is more effective when it is aimed at encouraging behavior that is risky but can potentially yield very high returns and less effective when it is aimed at encouraging more cautious behavior. We illustrate this insight in economically relevant applications showing how financial advisors might take advantage of their clients overoptimistic beliefs and why informational interventions are often inefficient in inducing more investment in preventive health treatments. We extend the model to a binary majority voting setting in which voters hold heterogeneous partisan preferences. Optimal public persuasion induces maximum belief polarization in the electorate when voters\' preferences are symmetric.
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