Non-Cooperative Planning Theory

by Peter Bogetoft

Overview

Planning in a general sense is concerned with the design of communication and decision making mechanisms in organizations where information and choice are decentralized. Non-cooperative planning theory as it is developed in this book treats the incentive aspects hereof. It stresses how strategic behavior and opportunism may impede planning, and how this can be coped with via the organization of communication and decision making, the design of information and control systems, and the development of incentive schemes. In particular, the book contains a thorough investigation of incentive provision in information production.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540583615
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/29/1994
Series:	Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems , #418
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1: Introduction.- 1. Basic Concepts and Approaches.- 2: Information and Communication.- 2. Bayesian Games and Implementation.- 3. Organization of Communication.- 3: Delegated Decision Making.- 4. Choice-Implementation Models.- 5. Sufficient and Robust Information.- 6. Finer, Complete and Ancillary Information.- 7. Non-Verifiable Information.- 4: Delegated Information Production.- 8. Information Production Models.- 9. Incentives in Information Production.- 10. Organization of Information Production.- 5: Evaluation of Specific Schemes.- 11. Incentives and Productivity Measures.- 6: Summary and Conclusions.- 12. Summary and Conclusions.- References.