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This paper studies how information control affects incentives for collusion and optimal organizational structures in principal-supervisor-agent relationships. I consider a model in which the principal designs the supervisor's signal on the productive agent's private information and the...
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We study the delegation problem between a principal and an agent, who not only has better information about the …
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Learning is crucial to organizational decision making but often needs to be delegated. We examine a dynamic delegation … delegation as a dynamic mechanism design problem and characterize the optimal delegation scheme. We show that private learning … discuss implications on learning delegation for distinct organizations. …
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In this paper, we investigate optimal delegation mechanisms in the presence of countervailing conflicts of interest in … to the outside option and project biases. We compare three delegation mechanisms: full delegation, veto-based delegation …, and communication (no delegation). Contrary to conventional one-dimensional conflict models, our findings reveal a non …
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We study dynamic contracting with adverse selection and limited commitment. A firm (the principal) and a worker (the agent) interact for potentially infinitely many periods. The worker is privately informed about his productivity and the firm can only commit to short-term contracts. The ratchet...
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In an agency model with adverse selection, we study how hidden interactions between agents affect the optimal contract …
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