Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/97477 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Queen's Economics Department Working Paper No. 1321
Publisher: 
Queen's University, Department of Economics, Kingston (Ontario)
Abstract: 
We examine optimal information flows between a manager and a worker who is in charge of evaluating a parameter of interest, e.g. the value of a project. The manager may possesses information about the parameter, and, if informed, may divulge her information to the worker. We show that information sharing may weaken the worker's incentives and that, consequently, the manager may find it optimal to conceal her information from the worker. Moreover, the manager faces a time-inconsistency problem, which leads her to conceal her information more often than she would if she could commit to an information sharing policy. We build on these results to address issues related to authority in organizations.
Subjects: 
Information non-disclosure
expert evaluation
agency costs
authority
JEL: 
D21
D82
L23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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