Collective Experimentation with Interdependent Technologies

2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 23K01309
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: 陳 珈惠 京都大学, 経済研究所, 准教授 (20768238)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2026-03-31
• Keywords: information design / social learning

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

1. "Signaling under Double-Crossing Preferences: The Case of Discrete Types," with J. Ishida and W. Suen, is revised and resubmitted at Journal of Mathematical Economics.
2. "Social Learning and Strategic Pricing with Rating Systems," with K.-P. Chen and J. Ishida, is under revision at American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
3. I have been working on projects "Experimenting to persuade" and "Overcoming Free-Riding in Collective Experimentation: A Dynamic Model of Feedback-Based Information Release." The basic analysis is done, but we still need to develop them into papers and work on more details.

Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

I have been working on projects "Experimenting to persuade" and "Overcoming Free-Riding in Collective Experimentation: A Dynamic Model of Feedback-Based Information Release." The basic analysis is done. I presented "Experimenting to persuade" at 29th DC Conference and NTU conference on economic theory, and presented "Overcoming Free-Riding in Collective Experimentation: A Dynamic Model of Feedback-Based Information Release" at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

My coauthors and I will work on more details for the two projects and develop them into papers. I will also look for ideas for new projects regarding dynamic pricing and information design.

Causes of Carryover

I was invited to Taiwan and Hong Kong without spending my own fund. I will use the remaining fund to meet my coauthors in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the U.S. for discussions and attend international conferences in the coming year.