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layekangaye.bsky.social
PhD student at Columbia University. Interested in economics design, AI, decision theory and social choice theory
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For those interested in hearing more game theory, here is a terrific podcast series, featuring @jeffely.bsky.social, @arielrubinstein.bsky.social, @shengwuli.bsky.social , and many others. open.spotify.com/show/4XlSrTG...

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The real sign that academic bluesky has made it: after a day of moderate posting/browsing, my downloads folder is full of interesting papers I will not have time to read

submitted 67 days ago • 3 comments

New working paper! We develop an approach for safely delegating to strategically aware and potentially misaligned AI systems. The theoretical tool we use is sequential information design with imperfect recall. A short thread on the key highlights.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know": This lovely paper says any non-crazy space of available choices to a decision maker must be 1-dimensional if it admits ANY continuous choice function. Crucially, the paper doesn't assume choice behavior to be consistent or "rational" in any sense.

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know": This classic paper (by Ben-Porath and Dekel) gives a cool example demonstrating the power of signaling in strategic interactions. In particular, it shows how the mere *possibility* of a costly signal can shape play even if the signal is never used.

submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

Thanksgiving this year falls on the 28th, and 28 is a perfect number – meaning that it is equal to the sum of its proper divisors (28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14). So... I hope you have a truly perfect #Thanksgiving!!

submitted 92 days ago • 4 comments

So farmers' unions in France are blocking the entrance of the INRAE, the research institute for Agriculture in France claiming that their work and research is useless and "against them". What a sad move for the relation between research and civil society.

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Just listened to this metaphilosophy podcast. If you are a nerd interested in philosophy and its history and method it may well be interested to you! digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/podcast-wi...

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Today's edition of "striking examples in 📈📉 theory": This paper shows how repeated play can sustain cooperation even when players observe NOTHING about past behavior.

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Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know": a finite asymmetric information game in which *every* sequential equilibrium (in fact, every PBE) has a player convinced of a state and subsequently relinquishing that belief. Let's go through the example (changing language a bit).

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Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is Dezsö Szalay's @reveconstudies.bsky.social paper, "The Economics of Clear Advice and Extreme Options". The paper concerns itself with information acquisition choices under delegated decision making. Let's go through an example...

submitted 100 days ago • 3 comments

Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is Amanda Friedenberg's @econometric.bsky.social paper, "Bargaining Under Strategic Uncertainty: The Role of Second-Order Optimism". It's a wonderful example of a paper that delivers new insights from studying an old game.

submitted 101 days ago • 4 comments

Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is from @jpolecon.bsky.social: The paper studies a game between a buyer and a seller. Simultaneously, the seller decides on a price to post for a good, and the buyer decides how much information to acquire about the good's value.

submitted 102 days ago • 5 comments

Econometrica is here! Any journals missing? Your friendly AEA ad hoc social media committee can nudge them to come.

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments

Theoretical Economics Volume 19, Issue 4 (November 2024) is now online econtheory.org

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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

submitted 102 days ago • 176 comments

I created a starter pack of Economics Journals, but how can I remove myself from the pack 😅? #EconSky 📉📈 go.bsky.app/3HgLqsU

submitted 104 days ago • 8 comments

This is so misguided. And it’s backwards. Broad intuitions aren’t just always true. There are assumptions required to make them true. And mathematics uncovers what those assumptions are.

submitted 103 days ago • 6 comments

Here's Bryan Caplan writing about math in economics. Seems very wrong to me. I wonder what the quickest refutation is that would make sense to most practicing economists. www.betonit.ai/p/economath_...

submitted 103 days ago • 59 comments

I did a starter pack! It's philosophy people I know from the other place. I may have forgotten some of you, please don't take it personally. If we were mutuals at the other place and I left you out let me know! go.bsky.app/8Qvnsgb

submitted 108 days ago • 57 comments

I made a theory starter pack. It includes some CS/Econ, pol-econ, and behavioral types as well... Lmk if you'd like to be added (or removed!) and I'll do my best - the edit functionality is a bit wonky atm go.bsky.app/KAGmZH4

submitted 108 days ago • 38 comments

MWG’s time has passed. Kreps I + II is the future.

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