Navin Kartik
A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics, Yale University

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Phone   : (+1) 203-432-3521

Address: Yale Economics Department, P.O. Box 208268, New Haven, CT 06520-8268 (USA)


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Unpublished Papers

Published and Forthcoming Papers

  1. Information Revelation in Constant-Sum Games: Elections and Beyond, with Francesco Squintani and Katrin TinnPDFSlides
    Earlier incarnations with title "Information Revelation and Pandering in Elections": 2024; 2015 Slides
  2. Lemonade from Lemons: Information Design and Adverse Selection, with Weijie ZhongPDFSlides
  3. Test-Optional Admissions, with Wouter Dessein and Alex FrankelPDFSlides
  4. The Test-Optional Puzzle, with Wouter Dessein and Alex FrankelPDFSlides
  5. Single-Crossing Differences in Convex Environments, with SangMok Lee and Daniel Rappoport
  6. Beyond Unbounded Beliefs: How Preferences and Information Interplay in Social LearningPDFSlides
  7. Sequential Veto Bargaining with Incomplete Information, with Nageeb Ali and Andreas KleinerPDFSlides
  8. Improving Information from Manipulable Data, with Alex FrankelPDFSlides
  9. Delegation in Veto Bargaining, with Andreas Kleiner and Richard Van WeeldenPDFSlides
  10. Information Validates the Prior: A Theorem on Bayesian Updating and Applications, with Frances Xu Lee and Wing Suen
    An earlier version with a different emphasis and leading application:
  11. Muddled Information, with Alex FrankelSlides
  12. Reputation Effects and Incumbency (Dis)Advantage, with Richard Van WeeldenPDFSlides
  13. Informative Cheap Talk in Elections, with Richard Van WeeldenPDFSlides
  14. What Kind of Central Bank Competence?, with Alex FrankelPDF
    An earlier version with a different focus was circulated under the title What Kind of Transparency?
  15. Communication in Context: Interpreting Promises in an Experiment on Competition and Trust
    Supplementary Appendix is contained in the above early-edition version
  16. Electoral Ambiguity and Political Representation, with Richard Van Weelden and Stephane WoltonSlides
    Supplementary Appendix is contained in the above pre-publication version
  17. Contests for Experimentation, with Marina Halac and Qingmin LiuPDFSlides
  18. Investment in Concealable Information by Biased Experts, with Frances Xu Lee and Wing SuenPDF
  19. Optimal Contracts for Experimentation, with Marina Halac and Qingmin LiuPDFSlides
  20. Congested Observational Learning, with Erik Eyster, Andrea Galeotti, and Matthew RabinPDF
  21. Candidates, Character, and Corruption, with Doug Bernheim
  22. Simple Mechanisms and Preferences for Honesty, with Richard Holden and Olivier Tercieux
  23. Pandering to Persuade, with Yeon-Koo Che and Wouter DesseinPDFSlides
  24. Herding with Collective Preferences, with Nageeb Ali
  25. Implementation with Evidence, with Olivier TercieuxPDF
  26. A Note on Undominated Bertrand Equilibria
  27. Opinions as Incentives, with Yeon-Koo CheSlides
  28. Strategic Communication with Lying CostsSlides
  29. Would I Lie to You? On Social Preferences and Lying Aversion, with Sjaak HurkensPDF
  30. Information Aggregation in Standing and Ad Hoc Committees, with Nageeb Ali, Jacob Goeree, and Thomas Palfrey
  31. Selecting Cheap-Talk Equilibria, with Ying Chen and Joel Sobel
  32. A Note on Cheap Talk and Burned MoneyPDF
  33. Signaling Character in Electoral Competition, with Preston McAfeeSlides
  34. Credulity, Lies, and Costly Talk, with Marco Ottaviani and Francesco SquintaniPDF

Teaching

  • Fall 2026: Seminar on Political Economy (Econ 4402); course materials will be at Yale Canvas.