The Allocation of Future Business: Dynamic Relational Contracts with Multiple Agents

We consider how a firm dynamically allocates business among several suppliers to motivate them in a relational contract. The firm chooses one supplier who exerts private effort. Output is non-contractible, and each supplier observes only his own relationship with the principal. In this setting, allo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barron, Daniel, Andrews, Isaiah Smith
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113700