【喜庆二十大・学术讲座】2022年11月3日（周四）下午1:30-3:00 刘烁（北京大学）

讲座系列：产业组织理论与政策第2场（学科发展系列讲座总期第12场）

讲座人：刘烁（北京大学光华管理学院应用经济学系助理教授）

时间：2022年11月3日（周四）下午1:30-3:00

地点：博学楼1222

主持人：赵昕（国际经贸学院经济学系）

讲座题目：Information Design with Image Concerns

讲座摘要：In many economic situations, a sender communicates strategically with a receiver not only to influence the decision-making of the latter, but also how certain intrinsic characteristics of herself （e.g. unselfishness or integrity） are perceived by the latter. To study such strategic interactions, we introduce image concerns to the canonical framework of information design.  Our main result characterizes how the sender optimally sacrifices her material utilities to boost reputation by manipulating the communication protocol of a payoff-relevant state. We also delineate the Pareto-frontier of the equilibrium set in various standard settings （e.g., quadratic loss or state-independent sender preferences）. Our analysis provides new insights into a wide range of applications, such as how performance evaluation in hierarchical organizations can backfire by engendering harmful upward signalling, or how political candidates may use （and misuse） populist rhetoric to frame the general perception of their competence.

讲座人简介：刘烁，北京大学光华管理学院应用经济学系助理教授。2019年毕业于瑞士苏黎世大学经济系，获博士学位。目前主要研究领域为产业与组织经济学，博弈论，以及机制设计理论。研究成果发表于国际知名学术期刊，如Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Journal, RAND Journal of Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, European Economic Review等。 目前主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目“市场竞争与有限理性消费者”，并参与重大项目“数字经济反垄断理论与政策研究”。

讲座人主页：

https://www.shuoliu.net/

https://www.gsm.pku.edu.cn/faculty/shuo.liu/