Information Acquisition, Referral, Organization
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Title
Information Acquisition, Referral, Organization
Journal
The RAND Journal of Economics
ISSN
1756-2171
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
47
Number
4
Pages
935-960
Language
english
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Information acquisition, Referral, Organization, Adverse selection, Cost-reduction incentive
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