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CAREER: Endogenous Information Design: Influencing Behavior with Information when Behavior — NSF Award to University of Colorado a

How can a social planner share information with people to encourage behaviors that benefit society as a whole? Moreover, what if human behavior affects the state of the world, changing the information the planner can share? This problem is called “endogenous information design:” strategically providing information abou

Award titleCAREER: Endogenous Information Design: Influencing Behavior with Information when Behavior
Award ID2440836
AwardeeUniversity of Colorado at Colorado Springs
CityCOLORADO SPRINGS
StateCO
Amount obligated$500,000
Principal investigatorPhilip Brown
ProgramEPCN-Energy-Power-Ctrl-Netwrks
Start date07/01/2025
AbstractHow can a social planner share information with people to encourage behaviors that benefit society as a whole? Moreover, what if human behavior affects the state of the world, changing the information the planner can share? This problem is called “endogenous information design:” strategically providing information about the world in situations when the state of the world depends on behavior. This problem appears in many smart infrastructure systems: for example, a smartphone app that warns drive
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