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Full disclosure in decentralized organizations

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  • Hagenbach, Jeanne
  • Koessler, Frédéric

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We consider a class of coordination games with asymmetric information. Agents have different ideal actions and disclose private information strategically. Complete information is the Pareto dominant information structure. We provide conditions on information certifiability for the complete information outcome to be implementable under private and public communication.

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  • Hagenbach, Jeanne & Koessler, Frédéric, 2016. "Full disclosure in decentralized organizations," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 5-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:139:y:2016:i:c:p:5-7
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.002
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    Certifiability; Coordination; Information disclosure; Multi-divisional organizations;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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