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Contracting with imperfect commitment and noisy communication

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Bester, Helmut
Strausz, Roland

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Volume (Year): 136 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1 (September)
Pages: 236-259
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  1. Vasiliki Skreta, 2005. "Sequentially Optimal Mechanisms," UCLA Economics Online Papers 342, UCLA Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Helmut Bester, 2005. "Externalities, Communication and the Allocation of Decision Rights," Discussion Papers 69, SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich. [Downloadable!]
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