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Misinformation: Causes, consequences, and remedies

CIRANO

Friday 3 May 2024
From 8:15AM To 6:30PM

  

 

Misinformation is a phenomenon that has strong impact on society, magnified by the rise of information and communication technology. This workshop brought together researchers who work in areas related to misinformation. The program was multidisciplinary and combined both theory and applications.

This event was organized by Ming LI (Concordia University, CIREQ, and CIRANO), Arianna DEGAN (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Huan XIE (Concordia University, CIREQ, and CIRANO), and was the third in the series of conferences held at CIRANO on the economics of strategic communication and persuasion.

 

This event was held in English.

Leonie Baumann
Baumann, Leonie
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Francis Bloch
Bloch, Francis
Professor and Chairholder, Paris School of Economics
Arianna Degan
Degan, Arianna
Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Jean Guillaume Forand
Forand, Jean Guillaume
Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
Jean-François Godbout
Godbout, Jean-François
Professor, Université de Montréal
Sean Horan
Horan, Sean
Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
Maxim Ivanov
Ivanov, Maxim
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Kohei Kawamura
Kawamura, Kohei
Professor, Waseda University
Anqi Li
Li, Anqi
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Ming Li
Li, Ming
CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Associate Professor, Concordia University
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dipjyoti Majumdar
Majumdar, Dipjyoti
Associate Professor, Concordia University
Hitoshi Sadakane
Sadakane, Hitoshi
Associate Professor, Kobe University
Masha Titova
Titova, Masha
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Adrian Vetta
Vetta, Adrian
Professor, McGill University
Huan Xie
Xie, Huan
CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Principal researcher of the CIRANO Claude Montmarquette Experimental Economics Laboratory
Professor, Concordia University
Ph.D., Sciences Economics, University of Pittsburgh
Yishu Zeng
Zeng, Yishu
Assistant Professor, York University

Program

8:20 - 8:50
Welcome
8:50 - 9:00
Welcoming remarks
9:00 - 10:00
Task allocation in networks
Francis Bloch
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:10
Whom to ask first? A model of sequential consultation
Kohei Kawamura, Jean Guillaume Forand
11:10 - 12:00
Strategic evidence disclosure in networks and equilibrium discrimination
Leonie Baumann, Dipjyoti Majumdar
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:20
Learning source bias: Multi-sourced misspecifications and consequences
Anqi Li, Sean Horan
14:20 - 15:00
A polynomial time algorithm to eliminate majority illusion
Adrian Vetta
15:00 - 15:20
Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:10
Targeted advertising in elections
Masha Titova, Yishu Zeng
16:10 - 17:00
Cheap talk and lie detection
Hitoshi Sadakane, Maxim Ivanov
17:00 - 17:20
Coffee break
17:20 - 18:20
Measuring the Effects of Deepfakes on Voting
Jean-François Godbout

Location


1130 Rue Sherbrooke O #1400, Montréal, QC H3A 2M8, Canada