Tatiana Mayskaya

I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at the International College of Economics and Finance and at the Faculty of Economic Sciences (Department of Theoretical Economics) in Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia 

My page on HSE website

Research Interests: Information Economics, Economic Theory, Behavioral Economics 

Contact: tmayskaya@gmail.com

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Publications

Economic Theory, Vol. 77, May 2024, Pages 675-697     SSRN     doi: 10.1007/s00199-023-01500-5

Two agents announce the state they consider most likely infinitely many times. A small departure from common belief in rationality can have a severe impact on the belief about the state and on the behavior of an extremist: while initial periods of disagreement produce a temporary convergence of beliefs, prolonged disagreement induces reversion towards the initial belief. The mechanism is simple: the longer the counterpart insists on the opposite view, the more the extremist doubts that the counterpart is intellectually capable and honest, and therefore the more he discounts the counterpart's opinion.

supersedes Disagreement Under Almost Common Knowledge of Rationality     ICEF Working Paper WP9/2020/01     All versions

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 144, March 2024, Pages 29-48     SSRN     doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2024.01.001     Presentation video (30 min)     Slides 

A rational principal delegates learning to an overconfident agent who overestimates the precision of the information he collects. The principal chooses between two contracts: commitment, in which the agent commits to the duration of learning in advance, and flexible, in which the agent decides when to stop learning in real time. When the agent is sufficiently overconfident, the principal optimally ties the agent's hands by offering him the commitment contract. When the principal can choose both the contract and the agent's level of overconfidence, selecting the rational agent is suboptimal when the cost of learning is sufficiently high.

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European Economic Review, Vol. 162, February 2024, Article 104653     SSRN     doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104653     Presentation video (35 min)     Slides        

An agent learns in continuous time from two information sources, each associated with a hypothesis. If a hypothesis is true, the associated source confirms it at a positive rate. False hypotheses are never confirmed. Among the two hypotheses, either exactly one is true or both are false. The agent’s optimal learning strategy has two phases. During the first phase, the agent follows his beliefs; that is, at each moment, he learns from the source associated with the most likely hypothesis according to his current beliefs. During the second phase, he focuses on excluding the least likely but more important hypothesis.

ICEF Working Paper WP9/2019/05   All versions

Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 212, September 2023, Article 105699     SSRN     doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2023.105699     Presentation video (25 min)     Slides     Supplementary material     

A hider publicly commits to the number of seekers and then privately gets involved in a story, which may be compromising. Each seeker aims to be the first to learn and report a compromising story. The seekers learn the story privately and in continuous time. With more seekers, the hider's story gets revealed at a faster rate, but each seeker gets discouraged and ceases learning more quickly. To reduce the probability of a compromising report, the hider may optimally choose infinitely many seekers. Nevertheless, the hider unambiguously benefits from making it harder for each seeker to learn her story.

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Working Papers

(last version: June 14, 2024)     Resubmitted to Journal of Economic Theory     Slides     All versions

We study how a reduction in communication cost affects equilibrium diversity (in expertise) in hiring decisions. The key trade-off is that, while hiring a more diverse team may enlarge the team's pool of knowledge, it also makes communication between the hired experts more challenging. Equilibrium diversity balances this trade-off. We find that equilibrium diversity may exhibit a U-shape relationship with communication cost, reaching its lowest point at moderate cost values, where experts' incentives to communicate are most sensitive to changes in diversity.

A merger of two companies active in seemingly unrelated markets creates data linkage: by operating in a product market, the merged company acquires an informational advantage in an insurance market where companies compete in menus of contracts. In the insurance market, the informed insurer earns rent through cream-skimming. Some of this rent is passed on to consumers in the product market. Overall, the data linkage makes consumers better off when the insurance market is competitive and, under some conditions, even when the insurance market is monopolistic. The role of competitiveness of the product market and the data-sharing requirement are discussed.

(last version: February 5, 2024)     R&R in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics     All versions

We study the effect of a merger on R&D activity in a dynamic model in which there is uncertainty about the feasibility of innovation. The merger has three effects on innovation. Once an innovation has already taken place, the merger may reduce the number of follow-up innovations (cannibalization effect). At the same time, the merger may increase the probability of the first game-changer innovation (appropriability effect) and bring this innovation forward in time (informational effect). A surprising policy implication of our model is that the benefit of the merger may be higher if the first and subsequent innovations are closer substitutes.

(last version: August 15, 2024)     submitted     ICEF Working Paper WP9/2023/03     All versions

We investigate how optimal cognitive diversity depends on the nature of production and the objective employed. When the output of the most productive worker becomes relatively more important, with a utilitarian objective, optimal diversity weakly increases. However, with a Rawlsian objective, which captures the preferences of a public service provider, a regulated firm, or a very risk averse manager, optimal diversity might decrease. Moreover, optimal diversity is weakly higher with the Rawlsian objective than with the utilitarian one, which suggests that high diversity in teams can be achieved by imposing a minimal satisfactory service requirement rather than micromanaging diversity directly.

(last version: May 13, 2024)     All versions

A Sender must disclose a string of privately observed signals to a receiver with listening costs.  The Sender can choose the order of the signals.  We show that a strategy of alternating between favourable and unfavourable signals can dominate a strategy of ``front-loading" favourable signals.

Work in Progress

Knowledge Transfers   joint with Doruk Cetemen, Chiara Margaria and Arina Nikandrova 

Dynamic Covenant Violations   joint with Andrew Bird, Stephen Karolyi and Thomas Ruchti

The Effect of Correlation and Payoff Interdependence on R&D   joint with Arina Nikandrova 

The Effect of Mergers on Innovation: Insights from a Two-Avenue Model   joint with Kaustav Das and Arina Nikandrova  

Presentations by me or a coauthor

RIEM-ICEF 2024 Joint Workshop (Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China)

The Effect of Mergers on Innovation slides

Compass Lexecon consulting firm (online)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

ITAM (Mexico)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Seminar (London, UK)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE 2024) (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Claudia Herresthal

The 76th European meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM, within EEA-ESEM Congress) (Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Claudia Herresthal

The 7th World Congress of the Game Theory Society (GAMES 2024) (Peking University, Beijing, China)

The Effect of State Correlation and Payoff Interdependence on R&D slides

The 2024 Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design (CMID 2024) (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

The 18th International Conference on Competition and Regulation (CRESSE 2024 Conference) (Chania, Crete)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Workshop on Economics of Science and Innovation, BSE Summer Forum (Barcelona, Spain)

The Effect of Mergers on Innovation slides

The 2024 International Conference on Public Economic Theory (PET 2024) (Lyon, France)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

The 3rd ICEF-FES-NES Workshop in Microeconomic Theory (HSE University, Moscow)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 22nd Annual International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC 2024) (Boston, MA, US)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 22nd Annual International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC 2024) (Boston, MA, US)

Diversity in Teams slides

presented by Vladimir Smirnov

University of Essex, UK

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 41st Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (AETW2024) (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Diversity in Teams slides

presented by Vladimir Smirnov

The 2023 International Conference on Public Economic Theory (PET 2023) (Santiago, Chile)

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

The 23rd Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Santiago, Chile)

The Effect of State Correlation and Payoff Interdependence on R&D slides

Asia-Pacific Industrial Organization Conference (APIOC) 2023 (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Diversity in Teams slides

presented by Andrew Wait

Game Theory Seminar, University of Graz, Austria

Ordering Data to Persuade

presented by Steven Kivinen

Second Workshop in Information Economics (HSE University, Moscow)

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

University of Warwick, UK

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association SEA conference, session 3.A.03 Theory: Information V (New Orleans, LA, US)

Does Reducing Communication Barriers Promote Diversity? slides

presented by Miaomiao Dong

New Zealand Microeconomics Study Group Meeting (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Diversity in Teams slides

presented by Vladimir Smirnov

Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE) lunch workshop (Germany)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Claudia Herresthal

Specialist Seminar at the University of Edinburgh, UK

Does Reducing Communication Barriers Promote Diversity? slides

Microtheory Seminar Series at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK

Does Reducing Communication Barriers Promote Diversity? slides

CMA Durham Workshop (Durham University Business School, UK)

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 9th Lancaster Game Theory Conference (Lancaster University, UK)

Diversity in Teams slides

University of Leicester Business School, UK

Does Reducing Communication Barriers Promote Diversity? slides

University of London, City, UK

Does Reducing Communication Barriers Promote Diversity? slides

The 12th CRC Retreat – Bonn-Mannheim Workshop (Germany)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Claudia Herresthal

International Laboratory of Game Theory and Decision Making, HSE University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

Pennsylvania State University, PA, US

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, US

The Effect of Mergers on Innovations slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Social and Political Economy Conference Series: Data, Markets, and Privacy (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, US)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 22nd Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Paris, France)

Knowledge Transfers slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

The 22nd Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Paris, France)

Diversity in Teams slides

Centre for Research in Behavioural Science (CRIBS) Workshop (University of Nottingham, UK)

The Effect of Mergers on Innovation slides

presented by Kaustav Das

NERA

The Effect of Mergers on Innovation slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Workshop on Competition and Regulation in Digital Markets (UL City, UK)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Second FES-ICEF-NES Workshop in Microeconomic Theory (HSE University, Moscow)

Diversity in Teams slides

XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (HSE University, Moscow)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

Second Workshop on Contracts, Incentives and Information (CEPR event; Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy)

Imposing Commitment to Rein in Overconfidence in Learning slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

NES30 Academic Conference in Memory of Gur Ofer (online)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

The 8th Lancaster Game Theory Conference (Lancaster University, UK)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Workshop in Information Economics in Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Data Linkage between Markets: Does the Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm? slides

The 21th Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Online)

Does Reducing Communication Barriers Promote Diversity? slides

The 21th Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Online)

The Effect of Data-Driven Mergers on Insurance Markets slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Conference in Birkbeck, University of London

The Effect of Data-Driven Mergers on Insurance Markets slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

Economic Theory Workshop (City, University of London)

The Dark Side of Transparency: When Hiding in Plain Sight Works slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova 

Micro Theory Workshop (HSE Moscow, Online)

The Effect of Data-Driven Mergers on Insurance Markets slides

Pennsylvania Economic Theory Conference (PETCO) (PennState University, PA, US)

Diversity and Communication slides

presented by Miaomiao Dong

Digital Economy Network Workshop (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Online)

The Effect of Data-Driven Mergers on Insurance Markets slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

PennState Theory Workshop

Diversity and Communication slides

presented by Miaomiao Dong

The 8th Annual Economic Theory Conference (Arizona State University, AZ, US)

Diversity and Communication slides

presented by Miaomiao Dong

City, University of London

Imposing Commitment to Rein in Overconfidence in Learning slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova

ICEF-FES-NES Micro Theory Workshop in Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Imposing Commitment to Rein in Overconfidence in Learning slides

Learning, Evolution and Games Conference (LEG) (Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Hiding in Plain Sight Works slides

The 6th World Congress of the Game Theory Society (GAMES) (Budapest, Hungary, Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Hiding in Plain Sight Works slides

WEAI Virtual 96th Annual Conference

Implications of Overconfidence on Information Investment slides

The 20th Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Seoul, South Korea, Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Hiding in Plain Sight Works slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Online)

Diversity and Communication slides

City, University of London (Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

presented by Arina Nikandrova 

The 12th World Congress of the Econometric Society (Bocconi University, Online)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

The 89th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (Fort Lauderdale, FL, US)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

ITAM (Mexico)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Disagreement Under Almost Common Knowledge of Rationality slides

presented by Emiliano Catonini 

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Privacy Paradox: When Does Hiding in Plain Sight Work? slides

The 30th International Conference on Game Theory (Stony Brook University, NY, US)

When Should We Care About Privacy? slides

The 19th Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Ischia, Italy)

Disagreement Under Almost Common Knowledge of Rationality slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

When Should We Care About Privacy? Information Collection in Games slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Saint Petersburg)

Implications of Overconfidence on Information Investment slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Endogenous Choice Between Ultimatum and Dictator Games: Experimental Evidence slides

The 88th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (Washington, DC, US)

Endogenous Choice Between Ultimatum and Dictator Games: Experimental Evidence slides

The 4th Lancaster Game Theory Conference (Lancaster University, UK)

Cognitive Hierarchical Model in Networks slides

Birkbeck, University of London

Endogenous Choice Between Ultimatum and Dictator Games: Experimental Evidence slides

The 10th Lisbon Meeting in Game Theory and Applications (Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal)

Cognitive Hierarchical Model in Networks slides

European Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (University of Cologne, Germany)

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

The 29th International Conference on Game Theory (Stony Brook University, NY, US)

Cognitive Hierarchical Model in Networks slides

North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (UC Davis, CA, US)

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

The 18th Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)

Implications of Overconfidence on Information Investment slides

Toulouse School of Economics

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

The 3rd Lancaster Game Theory Conference (Lancaster University, UK)

Implications of Overconfidence on Information Investment slides

Cambridge University

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

University of Warwick

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

Oxford University (Nuffield College)

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

The 28th International Conference on Game Theory (Stony Brook University, NY, US)

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper School of Business)

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Dynamic Choice of Information Sources slides

The 18th Southwest Economic Theory (SWET) Conference (UC Riverside, CA, US)

Selective Exposure to Information slides

Archive

Are People Subject to Persuasion Bias? Test of DeGroot Model   joint with Li Song     September 27, 2017 

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