Prof. Doutor Ricardo Seabra Gomes

Prof. Dr. Geraldo Gomes de Freitas.

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Gomes speaks tonite

I Rice President Norman Hackerman and Willoughby C. Williams, general chairman of the 1971-72 Rice University Fund, spoke with about 80 students last Sunday evening in the RMC concerning university finances and their relation to the RUF. Introduced by Will Rice President Bill Starnes, Hackerman f i rs t said that the Rice financial aid program is better than all but one private institution he h...

Ricardo Valerdi

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Voters ⇤ RICARDO

In a symmetric information voting model, an individual (information controller) can influence voters’ choices by designing the information content of a public signal. We characterize the controller’s optimal signal. With a non-unanimous voting rule, she exploits voters’ heterogeneity by designing a signal with realizations targeting di↵erent winning-coalitions. Consequently, under simple-majori...