Matthias Lang

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1

Munich, DE Bavaria 80539

Germany

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

  • CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Communicating Subjective Evaluations

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Communicating Subjective Evaluations

Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 179, 2019, Pages 163-199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2018.10.012
Posted: 13 Feb 2024
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

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communication, justification, subjective evaluation, message games, centrality, leniency, disclosure

Communicating Subjective Evaluations

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2012/14
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2018
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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Communication, Justification, Subjective Evaluation, Centrality, Leniency, Disclosure

Communicating Subjective Evaluations

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4830
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Jul 2014
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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communication, justification, subjective evaluation, message games, centrality, leniency, disclosure

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The Fog of Fraud – Mitigating Fraud by Strategic Ambiguity

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 81, No. C, 2013, MPI Collective Goods Preprint No. 2010/24
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2013
Matthias Lang and Achim Wambach
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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Fraud, Commitment, Ambiguity, Costly State Verification, Insurance, Audit

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Deadlines in Stochastic Contests

Journal of Mathematical Economics, Vol. 52, p. 134-142
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2014
Matthias Lang, Christian Seel and Philipp Strack
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Maastricht University and Yale, Department of Economics
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Contest, All-Pay Auction, Research Tournament

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Legal Uncertainty as a Welfare Enhancing Screen

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Legal Uncertainty as a Welfare Enhancing Screen

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2014/17
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2016
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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Enforcement, Deterrence, Legal Uncertainty, Regulation, Asymmetric Information, Incomplete Contracts

Legal Uncertainty as a Welfare Enhancing Screen

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6164
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Dec 2016
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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enforcement, deterrence, legal uncertainty, regulation, asymmetric information, incomplete contracts

Legal Uncertainty as a Welfare Enhancing Screen

European Economic Review, Vol. 91, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.10.007
Posted: 19 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

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Enforcement, Deterrence, Legal Uncertainty, Regulation, Asymmetric Information, Incomplete Contracts

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Mechanism Design with Narratives

CESifo Working Paper No. 8502
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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narrative, communication, partial verifiability, mechanism design, bilateral trade

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(Dis)honesty and the Value of Transparency for Campaign Promises

CESifo Working Paper No. 8366
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
Matthias Lang and Simeon Schudy
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and Ulm University
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prospective voting, retrospective voting, promises, promise breaking, lying costs, preferences for truth-telling, experiment

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Signaling versus Auditing

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Signaling versus Auditing

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7183
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Oct 2019
Helmut Bester, Matthias Lang and Li Jianpei
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
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signaling, information acquisition, auditing, wage differentials

Signaling versus Auditing

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2021, pages 859-883, https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12394
Posted: 20 Mar 2024
Matthias Lang, Helmut Bester and Li Jianpei
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

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signaling, information acquisition, auditing, wage differentials, wage dispersion

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Benefits and Challenges of Ambiguous Product Information

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2024
Matthias Lang and Cédric Wasser
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Uncertainty, Information Design, Bayesian Persuasion, Strategic Learning, Pricing, Bargaining, Ambiguity

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First-Order and Second-Order Ambiguity Aversion

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First-Order and Second-Order Ambiguity Aversion

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2015/13
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Oct 2015
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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Uncertainty Aversion, Ambiguity, Smooth Ambiguity Aversion, Subjective Beliefs, Kinked preferences

First-Order and Second-Order Ambiguity Aversion

Management Science, 63(4), 1254-1269, 2017, doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2443
Posted: 10 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

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Ambiguity, Uncertainty Aversion, Smooth Ambiguity Aversion, Subjective Beliefs, Kinked Preferences

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Stochastic Contracts and Subjective Evaluations

CESifo Working Paper No. 9458
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Dec 2021
Matthias Lang
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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subjective evaluations, stochastic contracts, budget-balanced contracts, moral hazard, subjective performance measures, incentives