Delegation and commitment in durable goods monopolies |
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Authors: | Tarek Coury Vladimir P. Petkov |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK;bSchool of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | This paper studies a simultaneous-move infinite-horizon delegation game in which the principal of a durable goods monopoly entrusts pricing decisions to a manager who enjoys consuming her monetary rewards but dislikes production effort. The delegation contract allows for continual interference with managerial incentives: in each period the principal rewards the manager according to her performance. We show that when the cost of delegation is low relative to profits, the principal can attain the precommitment price plan in a perfect rational expectations equilibrium. The paper analyzes the robustness of this result under alternative specifications of timing and objectives. We also provide a numerical characterization of the equilibrium strategies for the case of linear-quadratic payoffs. |
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Keywords: | Durable goods monopoly Delegation Perfect rational expectations equilibrium |
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