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The Dirty Face Problem with Unawareness

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  • Liu Zhen

    (SUNY at Buffalo, 900910@gmail.com)

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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.

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  • Liu Zhen, 2008. "The Dirty Face Problem with Unawareness," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 8(1), pages 1-20, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:8:y:2008:i:1:n:28
    DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1441
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