A large stream of work on relative performance evaluation highlights the benefits of using information about peer performance in contracting. In contrast, the potential costs of discouraging cooperation among peers have received much less attention. The purpose of our study is to examine how the...

A large stream of work on relative performance evaluation highlights the benefits of using information about peer performance in contracting. In contrast, the potential costs of discouraging cooperation among peers have received much less attention. The purpose of our study is to examine how the...

This study examines whether introduction of fixed-price regulation influences firms to increase the elasticity of their cost structures and to reduce the asymmetric behavior of cost in response to changes in volume. It also examines variations in the extent of such responses arising from...