
The authors study properties of the following economic model. ``We consider an infinite-horizon game played between a principal P and an agent A, time is discrete. The principal and the agent play the same stage game in every period. Each period the principal chooses whether or not to delegate a project adoption choice to the agent, i.e. P publicly decides whether to freeze project adoption or to delegate it. If P freezes the project, then no project is adopted and the payoff of both players is zero. If P delegates the project, then A decides whether or not to initiate it. The current period's project is good with a given probability and bad with complement probability.'' P prefers good projects to nothing, but prefers inactivity to bad projects. The authors characterize equilibrium payoffs at fix discounting and show that Pareto optimal equilibria are implemented.
limited commitment, delegation, Principal-agent models, repeated game, Applications of game theory, Multistage and repeated games, Discrete-time games, capital budgeting, Decision theory
limited commitment, delegation, Principal-agent models, repeated game, Applications of game theory, Multistage and repeated games, Discrete-time games, capital budgeting, Decision theory
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