We develop a simple model of bargaining, starting from an ultimatum game (one person makes the other a take it or leave it offer), and building up to alternating offer bargaining (where players can make counter-offers). On the way, we introduce discounting: a dollar tomorrow is worth less than a dollar today. We learn that, if players are equally patient, if ... Show More
Jun 2018
Lecture 22
- Repeated Games: Cheating, Punishment, and Outsourcing
In business or personal relationships, promises and threats of good and bad behavior tomorrow may provide good incentives for good behavior today, but, to work, these promises and threats must be credible. In particular, they must come from equilibrium behavior tomorrow, and henc ... Show More
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Apr 2024
Episode 274: Sofia De Jesus
Send us a textExploring the Complex Landscape of AI in Education with Sofia De Jesus In this episode of the My EdTech Life Podcast, I sit down with Sofia De Jesus, an associate program manager at CMUCS Academy, CSTA Equity Fellow, and author, to discuss the intricacies of AI in e ... Show More
1h 6m
Dec 2023
“Great Buys” in Education: Maximizing learning in low and middle-income countries
In this episode, we are featuring Benjamin Piper, the Director of Global Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ben sheds light on the groundbreaking work of the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP). With an exhaustive analysis of over 13,000 academic studi ... Show More
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