Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
This paper revisits the well-known result of R. Radner and J. Stiglitz (1984, in “Bayesian Models of Economic Theory,” Elsevier, Amsterdam) which shows that, under certain conditions, the value of information exhibits increasing marginal returns over some range. Their result assumes that both the number of states and the number of signal realizations are finite, assumptions which preclude most analyses of optimal information acquisition. We provide sufficient conditions that yield this nonconcavity in the value of information in a general framework; the role that these conditions play is clarified and illustrated with several examples. We also discuss the robustness of the nonconcavity result, and the difficulties involved in getting the value of information to be globally concave. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Number: D83. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2002 | 10.1006/jeth.2001.2960 | Journal of Economic Theory |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
value of information,information acquisition,Radner–Stiglitz nonconcavity. | Journal | 107 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
2 | 0022-0531 | 9 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
1.89 | 0 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Chade | 1 | 22 | 6.02 |
| Edward Schlee | 2 | 9 | 2.23 |