Autori
Marimon, Ramon
Marcet, Albert

Titolo
Recursive Contracts
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 2011 - Fascicolo: 15 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 47

We obtain a recursive formulation for a general class of contracting problems involving incentive constraints. These constraints make the corresponding maximization sup problems non-recursive. Our approach consists of studying a recursive Lagrangian. Under standard general conditions, there is a recursive saddle-point (infsup) functional equation (analogous to a Bellman equation) that characterizes the recursive solution to the planner's problem and forward-looking constraints. Our approach has been applied to a large class of dynamic contractual problems, such as contracts with limited enforcement, optimal policy design with implementability constraints, and dynamic political economy models.




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