Competitive Information Disclosure by Multiple Senders

Abstract

We analyze a model of competition in Bayesian persuasion in which multiple symmetric senders vie for the patronage of a receiver by disclosing information about their respective proposal qualities. We show that a symmetric equilibrium exists and is unique. We then show that as the number of senders increases, each sender discloses information more aggressively; and full disclosure by each sender arises in the limit of infinitely many senders.