Maxim Senkov

Postdoctoral Researcher @ubeconomics. PhD from @CERGE_EI. Economic theory. Information economics. Previously visiting @OxfordEconDept

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@yevgets @KermanToygar thanks, Yevgeny! you made it sound like econ theory finally making an impact :)

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Our paper with @KermanToygar is now published in Theory and Decision! If you think ignoring connections between phenomena is always a bad thing — think again! Using info design, we show that this can make persuasion harder, and thus help elicit more information from the expert.

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https://t.co/7KwFSQN5E1

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Vita Kreps International Student Prize in Game Theory - please consider applying!
📍 Deadline: 30 April
https://t.co/xGKvK8OoZs

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On my way to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and will be super happy to see you all at #EEAESEM24 Congress https://t.co/ebGCXTdgFf
and then at @earie_news conference https://t.co/byDLO0tOKV

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There I was revising an old project on information design with @RastislavRehak and had a chance to present a new project on confirmatory learning. That's great to have a coauthor and friend with a double affiliation :)

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A week ago, I was delighted to visit the Center for Social and Economic Behaviour (C-SEB) at the University of Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn.

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CTN Annual Workshop at @uni_corvinus in Budapest last week was great: just two days, but so many interesting talks and meetings! Special thanks goes to @KermanToygar, Slava, and Anastas for the smooth organisation

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@MartaCota14 @NovaSBE Yay, congratulations!

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@MamonovMikhail Indeed, feeling of terrible powerlessness 😞

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@AnnaPestova3 @CERGE_EI Amazing! Congratulations! This is a pity I wasn't in Prague that day.

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@bnjmnblmnthl Yes, indeed, thanks for writing, Benjamin! A quick look suggests that you study the effects of giving info to voters, and thus address a question somewhat complementary to the one we ask (info to politicians). I'll have a look at your paper too!

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Do voters benefit if competing politicians learn their needs? Me and Arseniy Samsonov show that when politicians have a small budget or the public good has a high value, access to voter information enhances voter welfare (converse holds for large budget) https://t.co/s0DmPbVctv

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More specifically, with a small budget, access to voter information leads the winning politician to focus on poorer voters, enhancing
voter welfare. With a larger budget, informed politicians target a narrow group of swing voters, which harms the voter welfare.

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@MatteoTriossi in some sense yes, in the comparative statics exercise that we consider, it is beneficial for the expert to persuade, i.e.,disclose at least some information to the decision-maker (both in sophisticated DM and naive DM benchmark), but optimal signal differs between the benchmarks

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Is naively ignoring the connection between phenomena a good or bad thing for the decision-maker facing an expert? In our paper, @KermanToygar and I show that naivety can benefit the decision-maker https://t.co/1ca4NjXunQ

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Game theory crowd, please consider submitting your papers to Coalition Theory Network conference in Budapest this summer! https://t.co/lTzzUDyZP7

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A very nice summer school for anyone interested in games, dynamics, and information: https://t.co/9BGvN0G9Vh

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@MartaCota14 @UvA_Amsterdam Very nice indeed (what I wouldn't say regarding the weather :)). I had little time for exploring, yet had a chance to enjoy a bike ride.

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I spent the last week at @UvA_Amsterdam School of Economics. This was a very exciting and stimulating time, thanks to my amazing coauthor Daniel Barreto and the friendly team of the Microeconomics section of the Department. Looking forward to future visits!