Levy, Gilat (2000) Strategic consultation in the presence of career concerns. TE/00/404. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
In this paper I analyse the strategic interaction of decision makers and their advisers in a consultation process. I find that when agents are concerned about their reputation, consultation results in sub-optimal sharing of information; some decision makers may deliberately act unilaterally and not consult even when advice is costless. When they do consult, decision makers may excessively contradict their adviser’s recommendation. Anticipating it, advisers may not report their information truthfully. These results are obtained without assuming either a tournament or a competition between decision makers and their advisers for wages or a future job.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2000 Gilat Levy |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Reputation; consultation; relative performance evaluation. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G20 - General |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) Departments > Economics |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | TE/00/404 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3627/ |
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