Ethnic conflicts with informed agents: A cheap talk game with multiple audiences

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作者：

Basu, Pathikrit ^{[1
]}

Dutta, Souvik ^{[2
]}

Shekhar, Suraj ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, 20 Annenberg Bldg, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[2] Indian Inst Management Bangalore, E-001,Bannerghatta Rd, Bengaluru 560076, Karnataka, India

[3] Univ Cape Town, African Inst Financial Markets & Risk Management, 622 Leslie Commerce Bldg,Upper Campus, Cape Town, South Africa

[4] Ashoka Univ, Dept Econ, 343-2,AC02 Bldg, Sonipat, Haryana, India

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2019年 / 184卷

关键词：

Ethnic conflicts; Cheap talk; Multiple audiences; Private signals; Payoff externality;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108661

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We consider a society on the brink of ethnic conflict due to misinformation. An 'informed agent' is a player who has information which may prevent conflict. Can the informed agent achieve peace by communicating privately with the players? The issue is that if the informed agent is known to favour her own ethnicity, she is unable to communicate credibly with the other ethnicity. Despite this, we show that peace can be achieved in equilibrium. Our paper contributes to the literature on cheap talk games with multiple audiences with the novel addition of private signals along with payoff externalities. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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