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Le mieux, ennemi du bien : approche expérimentale du contrôle comme mécanisme de filtrage

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  • Hind Sami
  • Nadia Joubert
  • Jean-Louis Rullière

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[fre] Dans un contexte de sélection contraire, il est étudié, à partir d’un protocole expérimental, l’intensité et l'efficacité d’une politique de contrôle comme instrument de filtrage dans la relation de financement de long terme entre un investisseur (Principal) et un entrepreneur (Agent). Trois effets du contrôle sont mis en évidence : disciplinant, éducateur et filtrant. Alors que le premier effet est attendu, l’effet éducateur du contrôle laisse la place à un effet d’éviction déjà observé dans d’autres expérimentations mais dans un contexte d’aléa moral. Enfin, l’expérimentation fait ressortir que le principal restaure un effet de filtrage en arbitrant entre l’efficacité et l’intensité du contrôle : il est préférable de contrôler peu pour détecter un peu plutôt que de contrôler beaucoup pour ne rien détecter. [eng] In an adverse-selection context, we use an experimental protocol to study the intensity and efficiency of a control policy as filtering instrument in the long-term financing relationship between an investor (principal) and an entrepreneur (agent). We find three control effects : a disciplining effect, an educative effect, and a filtering effect. While the first is expected, the educative effect of control gives way to a crowding-out effect already observed in other tests but in a moral-hazard context. Lastly, our experiment shows that the principal restores a filtering effect through a trade-off between control efficiency and control intensity : it is better to control little in order to detect a little, rather than control a lot and detect nothing.

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  • Hind Sami & Nadia Joubert & Jean-Louis Rullière, 2010. "Le mieux, ennemi du bien : approche expérimentale du contrôle comme mécanisme de filtrage," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 195(4), pages 127-146.
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    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2010.8065
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