Rise for the revolution! The role of information in the rise and success of revolts
Salvador Barberà and Matthew O. Jackson develop a model of collective action, focusing on the role of information in mass protests.
Topic Archive: Microeconomics
Network-constrained risk sharing in village economies
Pau Milán uses data from community networks in the Bolivian Amazon to analyze a model of informal insurance.
Win and let win: the auction for super-star athletes
Roberto Burguet and József Sákovics provide a tractable framework for analyzing the market for sports talent.
Optimal crowdfunding design
Matthew Ellman and Sjaak Hurkens show that information may be a more important aspect of crowdfunding than the funding itself.
