Strategic delegation in an experimental mixed duopoly

被引:11
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作者
Du, Ninghua [1 ,2 ]
Heywood, John S. [3 ]
Ye, Guangliang [4 ]
机构
[1] Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Shanghai 200433, PR, Peoples R China
[2] Minist Educ, Key Lab Math Econ SUFE, Shanghai 200433, PR, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Wisconsin Milwaukee, Dept Econ, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
[4] Renmin Univ China, Sch Econ, Hanqing Adv Inst Econ & Finance, Beijing 100872, PR, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Mixed duopoly; Incentive contract; Experiment markets; NONCOOPERATIVE BARGAINING THEORY; OLIGOPOLY; INCENTIVES; FIRMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.jebo.2013.01.006
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We provide the first experimental test of the consequences of delegation in a mixed duopoly. Such delegation allows a profit maximizing private owner and a welfare maximizing public owner to weight sales in managerial contracts. Theory predicts that such contracts improve welfare. Our evidence indicates that both public and private subject owners do provide a weight on sales consistent with the subgame perfect equilibrium. Critically, however, this emerges in the experiment only when playing with a robot manager and when playing with a human subject manager after the experience of playing with a robot manager. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:91 / 100
页数:10
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