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多发送者通信博弈中的语言约束
Language Constraints in Multi-Sender Communication Games
摘要
This paper studies optimal communication under language constraints. The model features multiple Senders and a single Receiver, in which the only barrier to communication is a limitation imposed by language: Senders are identically informed, all players have aligned incentives, the state space is infinite, but the Senders’ message spaces are each finite. Thus, while players prefer full information revelation, their language does not allow for it. Efficient communication can always be sustained with a language in which the meaning of message profiles is convex, but the same does not hold for the meaning of individual messages.
中文摘要
本文研究了语言约束下的最优沟通问题。模型包含多个发送者与单一接收者，其中沟通的唯一障碍源于语言限制：发送者拥有相同信息，所有参与者激励一致，状态空间无限，但各发送者的消息空间有限。因此，尽管参与者偏好完全信息揭示，其语言却无法实现这一点。当消息配置的含义为凸性时，高效沟通总能通过某种语言得以维持，但这一结论并不适用于单个消息的含义。