Negotiated versus Cost-Based Transfer Pricing |
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Authors: | Baldenius Tim Reichelstein Stefan Sahay Savita A. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USA;(2) Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley;(3) Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY, New York |
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Abstract: | This paper studies an incomplete contracting model to compare the effectiveness of alternative transfer pricing mechanisms. Transfer pricing serves the dual purpose of guiding intracompany transfers and providing incentives for upfront investments at the divisional level. When transfer prices are determined through negotiation, divisional managers will have insufficient investment incentives due to hold-up problems. While cost-based transfer pricing can avoid such hold-ups, it does suffer from distortions in intracompany transfers. Our analysis shows that negotiation frequently performs better than a cost-based pricing system, though we identify circumstances under which cost-based transfer pricing emerges as the superior alternative. |
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