作者:Jehiel, P
作者单位:Institut Polytechnique de Paris; Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
摘要:Operating units must communicate their private information regarding decisions to be taken in organizations. This paper characterizes the optimal communication structures assuming that (i) a decision maker is fired whenever he makes a decision that proves wrong ex post relative to the status quo; and ii) direct communication in a group of k units may result in the loss of messages with a probability that solely depends on the group size. Several levels of partitioning with direct communication...