A Model of Delegated Project Choice With Application to Merger Policy
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Keywords
Delegation; Principal-Agent; Search; Merger Policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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
- L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-09-09 (Business Economics)
- NEP-PPM-2007-09-09 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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