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Theoretical Economics
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28 papers, from 4 September 2026 to 4 November 2026: 28 arXiv preprints.
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Can Labor Markets Function in the Age of AI? The Evaluation Bottleneck in Hiring
AI-assisted job-search tools have become increasingly popular by making it easier to find and apply to jobs.Equilibrium prices under hidden Markov fundamentals
We study a representative-agent Epstein-Zin economy with geometric dividends and a hidden finite-state Markov drift.On testing the incentive compatibility of single-parameter allocation mechanisms
This paper is the first work at the intersection of game theory and property testing, giving algorithms and lower bounds for efficiently testing whether an allocation mechanism is incentive…Delegating Authorization to Misaligned Agents: Coalitional Alignment and Safe Control
Long-running AI agents create a control problem: each action they take changes the state, which in turn affects the trajectory of future actions.Approximating Optimal Welfare in Complementary Allocation under Decentralized Information
Complementary resources are often allocated by agencies that see different coordinates of an individual's needs.Bayesian Intelligence from the Outside
Inferring intelligence from observable behavior is a foundational challenge in artificial intelligence.Disclosure under Noisy Information Processing
We study voluntary disclosure when investors observe firm reports through noisy information intermediaries such as auditors, analysts, rating agencies, or data providers.Optimal Rates for Agentic Networked Information Aggregation
Building on the pioneering paper of Kearns, Roth, and Ryu (SODA'26), we study information aggregation in a networked learning model.