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The dirty face problem with unawareness

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    Abstract

    By revisiting the classic dirty-face problem we highlight the notion of 'unawareness' (a simpler state space) and compare it with 'impreciseness' (a coarser information partition). The outcomes are derived with various information structures. That allows us to 1) demonstrate a model of differing interpretations of public information using asymmetric awareness; 2) compare and contrast the impact of unawareness and impreciseness on learning; 3) analyze the value of awareness and the value of preciseness; and 4) demonstrate the effect of unawareness and impreciseness on information revelation with indirect aggregation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number28
    JournalB.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics
    Volume8
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • Barbecue problem
    • Different interpretation of public information
    • Dirty face problem
    • Impreciseness
    • Indirect information aggreation
    • Learning
    • Red hat problem
    • Unawareness
    • Value of awareness

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