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Hidden Action, Identification, and Organization Design

Schnedler, Wendelin

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Abstract

Incentives often fail in inducing economic agents to engage in a desirable activity; implementability is restricted. What restricts implementability? When does re-organization help to overcome this restriction? This paper shows that any restriction of implementability is caused by an identifi cation problem. It also describes organizations that can solve this identifi cation problem and provides conditions under which such organisations exist. Applying the findings to established and new moral hazard models yields insights into optimal organization design, uncovers the reason why certain organization designs, such as advocacy or specialization, overcome restricted implementability, and formalizes a wide-spread type of multi-tasking problem.

Document type: Working paper
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2010 14:00
Date: 2010
Faculties / Institutes: The Faculty of Economics and Social Studies > Alfred-Weber-Institut for Economics
DDC-classification: 330 Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords: moral hazard , hidden action , implementation , multi-tasking , identification by organization design
Series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
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