Marco Battaglini
@battaglini.bsky.social
In the Volunteer Dilemma, more players can reduce the chance of success—yet paradoxically, per capita utility still always rises. But inefficiency per person vanishes slower than 1/n, so aggregate inefficiency grows without bound!
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social
"Welfare in the volunteer’s dilemma"
By @battaglini.bsky.social & Thomas Palfrey
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky
"Welfare in the volunteer’s dilemma"
By @battaglini.bsky.social & Thomas Palfrey
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky
May 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In the Volunteer Dilemma, more players can reduce the chance of success—yet paradoxically, per capita utility still always rises. But inefficiency per person vanishes slower than 1/n, so aggregate inefficiency grows without bound!
I definitely agree: do not insult the referees before you submit, wait after the reports! 😈
After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.
April 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I definitely agree: do not insult the referees before you submit, wait after the reports! 😈
🧵 New paper drop!
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Free access to our new article:
"Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma"
Joint with T. Palfrey.
📖 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~...
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Free access to our new article:
"Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma"
Joint with T. Palfrey.
📖 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~...
April 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🧵 New paper drop!
1/
Free access to our new article:
"Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma"
Joint with T. Palfrey.
📖 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~...
1/
Free access to our new article:
"Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma"
Joint with T. Palfrey.
📖 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~...
Reposted by Marco Battaglini
Hours after the White House froze dozens of grants to Princeton, I sat down with its president.
I hope you’ll listen to our conversation about free speech, academic freedom, and cuts to research funding.
We also discussed Columbia’s concessions and the detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk.
I hope you’ll listen to our conversation about free speech, academic freedom, and cuts to research funding.
We also discussed Columbia’s concessions and the detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk.
Princeton’s President Responds to Attacks on Higher Education
Big Take · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hours after the White House froze dozens of grants to Princeton, I sat down with its president.
I hope you’ll listen to our conversation about free speech, academic freedom, and cuts to research funding.
We also discussed Columbia’s concessions and the detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk.
I hope you’ll listen to our conversation about free speech, academic freedom, and cuts to research funding.
We also discussed Columbia’s concessions and the detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk.
Conflict of interest? You don’t say... 😬
Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea
The discussions for a stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea.
www.wsj.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Conflict of interest? You don’t say... 😬
Reposted by Marco Battaglini
Honestly, you should probably just read this fascinating interview while you wait for somebody to return your keys to you.
www.jstor.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Honestly, you should probably just read this fascinating interview while you wait for somebody to return your keys to you.
Post muto, post festivo.
January 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Post muto, post festivo.
Then, my friend, you should read the paper instead of writing an ignorant opinion.
I very much doubt that Musk had 2.5pp effect on Trump's vote share.
November 25, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Then, my friend, you should read the paper instead of writing an ignorant opinion.
Looking for a great political economy model? George Saunders offers you five, complete with reading comprehension questions and problem sets. Check it out:
Five Thought Experiments Concerning the Underlying Disease
Our civic wells are poisoned. Why?
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Looking for a great political economy model? George Saunders offers you five, complete with reading comprehension questions and problem sets. Check it out:
RT @m_battaglini: So Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency has…
*wait for it*
Two co-chairs.
Yup, the satires write themselves.
*wait for it*
Two co-chairs.
Yup, the satires write themselves.
November 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
RT @m_battaglini: So Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency has…
*wait for it*
Two co-chairs.
Yup, the satires write themselves.
*wait for it*
Two co-chairs.
Yup, the satires write themselves.
FT book award winner Edmondson referring to the Gino debacle: "...lays out some possible paths for improvement, such as reducing pressure for academics to publish more studies." A masterclass on how to draw the wrong conclusions from the case. ft.com/content/0107...
December 6, 2023 at 2:55 PM
FT book award winner Edmondson referring to the Gino debacle: "...lays out some possible paths for improvement, such as reducing pressure for academics to publish more studies." A masterclass on how to draw the wrong conclusions from the case. ft.com/content/0107...
Today, snow. Yes, it is Ithaca.
November 1, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Today, snow. Yes, it is Ithaca.
“I followed what I understood to be standard practice” says Alito, and you can see the lawyer in the “I understood “.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/
June 21, 2023 at 2:38 PM
“I followed what I understood to be standard practice” says Alito, and you can see the lawyer in the “I understood “.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/