On the value of persuasion by experts

Alonso, Ricardo ORCID: 0000-0001-9559-0864 and Câmara, Odilon (2014) On the value of persuasion by experts. USC Marshall School of Business Research Paper Series. University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Abstract

A sender can influence the behavior of a receiver by controlling the informativeness of a public signal. We show that the sender cannot benefit from becoming an expert, that is, from privately learning some information about the state. We then show that in some instances an uninformed sender is ex-ante strictly better off than an expert sender.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.marshall.usc.edu/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Authors, USC Marshall School of Business
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2014 15:38
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 04:55
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58677

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