We show that Miller and Pazgal.s (2001) model of strategic delegation, in which managerial incentives are based upon relative performance, is affected by a non-existence problem which has impact on the price equilibrium. The undercutting incentives generating this result are indeed similar to...

The Classical Cournot Model -- Concave Oligopolies -- General Oligopolies -- Modified and Extended Oligopolies -- Oligopolies with Misspecified and Uncertain Price Functions, and Learning -- Overview and Directions for Future Research

In this paper we study the nature of incentive contracts and organizational modes in a game where the firms' owners endogenously determine the order of moves at the quantity-setting stage, can choose to delegate the production decision to a manager and write appropriate incentive contracts. It...