Credence goods, costly diagnosis, and subjective evaluation

We study contracting between a consumer and an expert in a credence goods model when (i) the expert's choice of diagnosis effort is not observable, (ii) the expert might misrepresent his private information about the adequate treatment, and (iii) payments can depend only on the consumer’s subje...

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Main Authors: Bester, Helmut, Dahm, Matthias
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38969/