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		| Axel  Gautier and Dimitri  Paolini | 
	
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		| ''Delegation, externalities and organizational design'' | 
	
		| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.4 ) | 
	
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		| In a repeated interaction between a principal and two agents with inter-agents externalities and asymmetric information, we show that optimal decentralization within the organization is limited to the first period and across agents. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Delegation,  Hierarchy,  Asymmetric information | 
	
		| JEL: D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Sep 07 2009 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Oct 28 2009 | 
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