Decision processes, agency problems, and. information: An economic analysis of capital budgeting procedures

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Marino, AM; Matsusaka, JG
• 署名单位: University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0893-9454
• DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhh005
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 301
• 关键词: organizations; incentives; authority; FIRMS

摘要

Corporations use a variety of processes to allocate capital. This article studies the benefits and costs of several common budget procedures from the perspective of a model with agency and information problems. Processes that delegate aspects of the decision to the agent result in too many projects being approved, while processes in which the principal retains the right-to reject projects cause the agent to strategically distort his information about project quality. We show how the choice of a decision process depends on these two costs, and specifically on severity of the agency problem, quality of information, and project risk.