Special Session 41: Dynamics and Games

Platform-induced coordination by Julian Chitiva and Penelope Hernandez
Penelope Hernandez
ERI-CES University of Valencia
Spain
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Abstract:
We study how platforms influence collective action by strategically designing information networks. Users face a fundamental coordination trade-off, aligning actions with their private types while conforming to others` behaviour. In a Bayesian game where users receive private signals correlated with both their types and a payoff-relevant state, the platform controls which signals each user observes, shaping beliefs and equilibrium outcomes.