Countervailing Conflicts of Interest in Delegation Games

In this paper, we investigate optimal delegation mechanisms in the presence of countervailing conflicts of interest in the context of principal–agent problems. We introduce two dimensions of conflict of interest—pandering incentives related to the outside option and project biases. We compare three...

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Main Authors: Saori Chiba, Kaiwen Leong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/14/6/71