David P Myatt http://www.david-myatt.org Academic Homepage of David P Myatt • Nuffield College • University of Oxford Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:33:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Endogenous Information Acquisition in Coordination Games a research paper by Chris Wallace and David P Myatt. Download the paper in PDF format. Abstract: In the context of a "beauty contest" coordination game (in which payoffs depend on the proximity of actions to an unobserved state variable and to the average action) players choose how much costly attention to ... http://www.david-myatt.org/working-papers/endogenous-information-acquisition On the Rhetorical Strategies of Leaders: Speaking Clearly, Standing Back, and Stepping Down by Torun Dewan and David P Myatt Download the paper in PDF format. Abstract: Followers wish to coordinate their actions in an uncertain environment. A follower would like his action to be close to some ideal (but unknown) target; to reflect his own idiosyncratic preferences; and to be close to the actions of ... http://www.david-myatt.org/working-papers/rhetorical-strategies The Declining Talent Pool of Government by Torun Dewan and David P Myatt Download the Current Version in PDF Format (from 5 April 2009) Also available: Earlier Version in PDF Format (from 28 July 2008) Resubmitted to the American Journal of Political Science. Abstract: We consider a government for which success requires high performance by talented ministers. A leader provides ... http://www.david-myatt.org/working-papers/declining-talent-pool On the Sources and Value of Information: Public Announcements and Macroeconomic Performance by David P Myatt and Chris Wallace. Download the Current Version in PDF Format (from 23 March 2009) Also available: Earlier Version in PDF Format (from 27 October 2008) (currently in submission) Oxford Economics Discussion Paper no. 411. Abstract: In the context of macroeconomic coordination, studies of the social value of information distinguish sharply between private ... http://www.david-myatt.org/working-papers/public-announcements Evolution, Teamwork, and Collective Action: Production Targets in the Private Provision of Public Good by David P Myatt and Chris Wallace. Download the Paper in PDF Format. forthcoming: Economic Journal 119(534), pp. 61-90, January 2009. Abstract: A classic collective-action problem arises when private actions generate common consequences; for example, the private provision of a public good. In the context of a collective-action game, this paper asks: what ... http://www.david-myatt.org/journal-articles/evolution-teamwork The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication, and Obfuscation by Torun Dewan and David P Myatt. Download the Paper in PDF Format. American Political Science Review, 102(3), pp. 351--368, August 2008. Abstract: What is leadership? What is good leadership? What is successful leadership? Answers emerge from our study of a formal model in which followers face a coordination problem: they wish ... http://www.david-myatt.org/journal-articles/qualities-of-leadership When Does One Bad Apple Spoil the Barrel? An Evolutionary Analysis of Collective Action by Chris Wallace and David P Myatt. Download the Paper in PDF Format. Review of Economic Studies, 75(2), pp. 499-527, April 2008. Abstract:  This paper studies collective-action games in which the production of a public good requires teamwork. A leading example is a threshold game in which provision requires the voluntary participation of ... http://www.david-myatt.org/journal-articles/bad-apple An Evolutionary Analysis of the Volunteer’s Dilemma by David P Myatt and Chris Wallace. Download the Paper in PDF Format. Games and Economic Behavior, 62(1), pp. 67-76, January 2008. Abstract: A public good is produced if and only if a volunteer provides it. There are many pure-strategy Nash equilibria in each of which a single player volunteers. Noisy strategy revisions (for ... http://www.david-myatt.org/journal-articles/volunteers-dilemma Leading the Party: Coordination, Direction, and Communication by Torun Dewan and David P Myatt. Download the Paper in PDF Format. American Political Science Review, 101(4), pp. 827-845, November 2007. Abstract: Party activists face a coordination problem: a critical mass—a barrier to coordination—must advocate a single policy alternative if the party is to succeed. The need for direction is the degree to ... http://www.david-myatt.org/journal-articles/leading-the-party On the Theory of Strategic Voting by David P Myatt. Download the Paper in PDF Format. Review of Economic Studies 74(1), pp. 255-281, January 2007. Abstract: In a plurality-rule election, a group of voters must coordinate behind one of two challengers in order to defeat a disliked status quo. Departing from existing work, the support for each challenger must be inferred ... http://www.david-myatt.org/journal-articles/theory-of-strategic-voting