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Strategic Communication Games: Theory And Applications, Shintaro Miura Jan 2012

Strategic Communication Games: Theory And Applications, Shintaro Miura

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The dissertation consists of the three essays about strategic communication games. Strategic communication games are costless sender-receiver games, and address the question of how much information can be credibly transmitted in equilibrium, and what kind of communication environments facilitate information transmission. Ch. 2, “Multidimensional Cheap Talk with Sequential Messages,” considers a multidimensional cheap talk game where there are two senders who share the private information, and send a message to the receiver sequentially. We suggest a notion of extended self-serving belief, and show that there exists a fully revealing equilibrium if and only if the senders have opposing-biased preferences. Ch. …


Représentations De La Violence Révolutionnaire Dans La Littérature Et Le Cinéma Français (1928-1986), Antoine Krieger Jan 2012

Représentations De La Violence Révolutionnaire Dans La Littérature Et Le Cinéma Français (1928-1986), Antoine Krieger

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In my dissertation, I study the constants and the variables of the representation of: mostly left-wing) militants in 20th century French literature and film. I demonstrate that they are young idealists seeking personal rejuvenation through political violence. Moreover, I show how those works are a reflection of major trends in French cultural and political history during specific time-periods such as the inter-war period, the occupation of France by Nazi Germany or the Algerian War of Independence. My theoretical approach is a "sociology of literature" influenced by the theories of Lucien Goldmann and Marc Angenot. However, I also occasionally use postcolonial …