
handle: 10419/38706 , 10419/20753
We analyze a cheap talk game with partial commitment by the principal. We first treat the principal's commitment power as exogenous and then endogenize it in an infinitely repeated game. We characterize optimal decision making for any commitment power and show when it takes the form of threshold delegation—in which case the agent can make any decision below a threshold—and centralization—in which case the agent has no discretion. For small biases, threshold delegation is optimal for any smooth distribution. Outsourcing can only be optimal if the principal's commitment power is sufficiently small.
L23, delegation, ddc:330, Agency Theory, Wiederholte Spiele, relational contract, Kooperative Führung, relational contract., D82, D23, cheap talk; delegation; relational contract, cheap talk, jel: jel:D82, jel: jel:D23, jel: jel:J50, jel: jel:L23
L23, delegation, ddc:330, Agency Theory, Wiederholte Spiele, relational contract, Kooperative Führung, relational contract., D82, D23, cheap talk; delegation; relational contract, cheap talk, jel: jel:D82, jel: jel:D23, jel: jel:J50, jel: jel:L23
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