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Common agency, organizational design and the hold-up problem

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This paper shows that, in comparison to a single-regulator arrangement, when an agent reports to two regulators, he is confronted with more powerful ex-post incentives. This generates, from an ex-ante perspective, higher incentives for relationship-specific investment.

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  • Carrasco, Vinicius, 2010. "Common agency, organizational design and the hold-up problem," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 108(3), pages 264-268, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:3:p:264-268
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    1. Graham Mallard, 2014. "Static Common Agency And Political Influence: An Evaluative Survey," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(1), pages 17-35, February.

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