The research paper titled “Optimal Quality Certification” by Andriy Zapechelnyuk is accepted for publication to American Economic Review: Insights.

Summary: Quality certification not only informs consumers, but also stimulates producers to supply better quality products. The paper studies a problem of quality certification in a moral hazard setting. It is shown that, under standard assumptions, simple certification systems, such as quality assurance rule and pass-fail rule, are optimal. The solution method involves interpreting the certification problem as a delegation problem.

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the Economics Department, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation, June 2019

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the School of Economics and Finance, University of St Andrews, UK, May 2019

Andy Zapechelnyuk gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at Bristol-Kent-Southampton Workshop on Economic Theory, June 10-11 2019, Bristol, UK

Andy Zapechelnyuk organised a session on the frontiers of information design, persuasion and communication at the 2019 SAET Conference (Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory), Ischia, Italy, June 30-July 5.

The session featured the talks from leading specialists in the field:

• “Belief Management and Optimal Arbitration” by Johannes Schneider (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), joint with Benjamin Balzer (University of Technology Sydney)
• “Persuasion for the Long Run” by James Best (Carnegie Mellon University), joint with Daniel Quigley (University of Oxford)
• “Optimal Persuasion with an Application to Media Censorship” by Andy Zapechelnyuk (St Andrews), joint with Anton Kolotilin (UNSW) and Tymofiy Mylovanov (University of Pittsburgh)

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the Economics Department, University of Miami, FL, USA, April 2019

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the Economics Department, Boston University, MA, USA, April 2019

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the Economics Department, University of California – San Diego, CA, USA, April 2019

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, CA, USA, April 2019

Anton Kolotilin gave a talk on “Persuasion Meets Delegation” at the Economics Department, University of California – Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 2019