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DESCRIPTION:Helene Mass (University of Vienna)\, “Gaming the Test: When Sho
 uld Test Thresholds Be Unpredictable?”\, Economic Theory Seminar\, Toulous
 e: TSE\, April 15\, 2025\, 11:00–12:30\, room Auditorium 3.\n\nWe study th
 e design of thresholds in pass/fail tests. The principal aims for the agen
 t to pass when the agent's natural type (e.g. ability) is sufficiently hig
 h. However\, the agent can manipulate the perceived natural type at a cost
 . Randomizing the passing threshold becomes optimal when the principal fac
 es significant uncertainty about the agent's gaming costs. In particular\,
  any positive probability that the agent cannot game (i.e.\, has infinite 
 gaming costs) makes randomization optimal. Randomization allows high natur
 al types with high gaming costs to pass\, at least with some probability\,
  without incentivizing low ability types to game. Moreover\, it incentiviz
 es low natural types to limit their gaming\, thereby separating them from 
 high natural types. We identify randomization strategies that allow the pr
 incipal to achieve better outcomes than a deterministic threshold\, withou
 t requiring precise knowledge of the distribution of the agent's natural t
 ype and gaming ability. We thereby provide robust rules for when unpredict
 able test thresholds are justified.
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LOCATION:Toulouse: TSE\, April 15\, 2025\, 11:00–12:30\, room Auditorium 3
SUMMARY:Economic Theory Seminar
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.tse-fr.eu/seminars/2025-gaming-test-when-should-te
 st-thresholds-be-unpredictable
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