Author:Boyer, M.
Title:Competition and the reform of incentive schemes in the regulated sector
Journal:Journal of Public Economics
2003 : AUG, VOL. 87:7-8, p. 1353-1381
Index terms:Agency theory
Competition
Incentives
Information theory
Language:eng
Abstract:The author consider a regulation problem with complete contracting in a principal-agent model with adverse selection and review within this model the various channels by which external competition parameters affect incentives within the regulated firm. The channels are: the principal's information, the principal's objective funtion, the agent's incentive constraint, the agent's participation constraint.
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