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Information, Acquisition, Political Game and the Delegation Authority

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  • Laffont, J.-J.
  • Zantman, W.

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In this paper, we investigate the problem of decentralizing public good decision-making from a political and informational perspective. First, we explain why different levels of jurisdiction, central decision-maker and local ones, are likely to take their decisions under different informational structures by deriving the incentives of both potential decision-makers to look for the relevant pieces of information. By endogenizing the informational structures, we identify a trade-off in the choice between centralization and decentralization. It amounts to choosing between a costly information technology allowing to take optimal decisions and a free information technology subject to several distortionary influences.

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  • Laffont, J.-J. & Zantman, W., 1998. "Information, Acquisition, Political Game and the Delegation Authority," Papers 98.510, Toulouse - GREMAQ.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:gremaq:98.510
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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