Implementing the “Wisdom of the Crowd”
Speaker
Yishay Mansour
Date
23/10/2013 - 12:00 - 10:00Add To Calendar
2013-10-23 10:00:00
2013-10-23 12:00:00
Implementing the “Wisdom of the Crowd”
Abstract: We study a novel mechanism design model in which agents each
arrive sequentially and choose one action from a set of actions with
unknown rewards. The information revealed by the principal affects
the incentives of the agents to explore and generate new information.
We characterize the optimal disclosure policy of a planner whose goal
is to maximize social welfare. One interpretation of our result is the
implementation of what is known as the “wisdom of the crowd”. This
topic has become increasingly relevant with the rapid spread of the
Internet over the past decade.
אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - Department of Economics
Economics.Dept@mail.biu.ac.il
Asia/Jerusalem
public
Affiliation
Tel Aviv University
Abstract
Abstract: We study a novel mechanism design model in which agents each
arrive sequentially and choose one action from a set of actions with
unknown rewards. The information revealed by the principal affects
the incentives of the agents to explore and generate new information.
We characterize the optimal disclosure policy of a planner whose goal
is to maximize social welfare. One interpretation of our result is the
implementation of what is known as the “wisdom of the crowd”. This
topic has become increasingly relevant with the rapid spread of the
Internet over the past decade.
Last Updated Date : 17/10/2013