In the context of common agency adverse-selection games we illustrate that the revelation principle cannot be applied to study equilibria of the multi-principal games. We then demonstrate that an extension of the taxation pricipal - what we term the "delegation priciple" - can be used to...

In the context of common agency adverse-selection games weillustrate that the revelation principle cannot be applied to studyequilibria of the multi-principal games. We then demonstrate thatan extension of the taxation principle what we term the delegation principle can be used to characterize...

In the context of common agency adverse-selection games we illustrate that the revelation principle cannot be applied to study equilibria of the multi-principal games. We then demonstrate that an extension of the taxation principle - what we term the delegation principle - can be used to...

This chapter, which corresponds to an invited lecture at the Seventh World Congress of the Econometric Society, surveys recent theoretical developments in the use of multidimensional screening models in such applications as contract theory and pricing strategies