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Should the Timing of Inspections be Predictable?
Ian Ball, Jan Knoepfle
A principal hires an agent to work on a long-term project that culminates in a breakthrough or a breakdown. At each time, the agent privately chooses to work or shirk. Working incr…
Competitive Sequential Screening
Ian Ball, Deniz Kattwinkel, Jan Knoepfle
We study competition between firms that contract with consumers before the consumers fully learn their product preferences. In a Hotelling duopoly, firms screen consumers by offeri…
Who and How? Adverse Selection and flexible Moral Hazard
Henrique Castro-Pires, Deniz Kattwinkel, Jan Knoepfle
We characterize incentive compatible mechanisms in environments with hidden types and flexible hidden actions. Our approach introduces extended recommendation schedules that specif…
The Tension between Trust and Oversight in Long-term Relationships
Peter Achim, Jan Knoepfle
A principal continually decides whether to approve resource allocations to an agent, who exerts private effort to remain eligible. The principal must perform costly inspections to…