Information Acquisition, Referral, Organization
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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Information Acquisition, Referral, Organization
Périodique
The RAND Journal of Economics
ISSN
1756-2171
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
47
Numéro
4
Pages
935-960
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Each of two experts may provide a service to a client. Experts' cost comparative advantage depends on an unknown state, but an expert may exert effort to get a private signal about it. In a market, an expert may refer the client to the other for a fee. In equilibrium, only one expert exerts effort and refers, and the equilibrium allocation is inefficient. Referral efficiency can be restored when experts form an organization, in which a referring expert must bear the referred expert's cost. However, the referred expert shirks from work effort because of the lack of cost responsibility.
Mots-clé
Information acquisition, Referral, Organization, Adverse selection, Cost-reduction incentive
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