The Perils of Friendly Oversight
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- Gerardi, Dino & Grillo, Edoardo & Monzón, Ignacio, 2022. "The perils of friendly oversight," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
- Dino Gerardi & Edoardo Grillo & Ignacio Monzón, 2022. "The Perils of Friendly Oversight," Working Papers 122, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE).
- Gerardi, Dino & Monzon, Ignacio & Grillo, Edoardo, 2021. "The Perils of Friendly Oversight," CEPR Discussion Papers 16100, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
information transmission; moral hazard; oversight; persuasion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
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