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Strategic information gathering before a contract is offered

Strategic information gathering before a contract is offered
Strategic information gathering before a contract is offered
In a Baron-Myerson setup, we study a situation where an agent is initially uninformed, but can, at a cost, acquire information about the state of nature before the principal offers him a contract. For intermediate values of the cost of acquiring information, the agent's equilibrium strategy will be a mixed strategy: he will acquire information with a probability strictly between 0 and 2. we identify the contract that the principal will offer to such a "maybe informed" agent.
9708
University of Southampton
Cremer, J.
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Khalil, F.
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Rochet, J.-C.
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Cremer, J.
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Khalil, F.
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Rochet, J.-C.
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Cremer, J., Khalil, F. and Rochet, J.-C. (1997) Strategic information gathering before a contract is offered (Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9708) Southampton, UK. University of Southampton

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Abstract

In a Baron-Myerson setup, we study a situation where an agent is initially uninformed, but can, at a cost, acquire information about the state of nature before the principal offers him a contract. For intermediate values of the cost of acquiring information, the agent's equilibrium strategy will be a mixed strategy: he will acquire information with a probability strictly between 0 and 2. we identify the contract that the principal will offer to such a "maybe informed" agent.

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Published date: January 1997

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Local EPrints ID: 33182
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/33182
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Date deposited: 25 Jan 2008
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Author: J. Cremer
Author: F. Khalil
Author: J.-C. Rochet

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