Hierarchical Game-theoretic Models of Transparency in the Administrative State
Contributors: Carpenter, Daniel; Shepsle, Kenneth; Stephenson, Matthew; Zeckhauser, Richard
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation develops three game-theoretic models in each of its three chapters to explore the strategic implications of transparency in the administrative state. Each model contains a similar set of three players: a political principal, an agent representing an agency or a bureaucrat, and an interested third party. The models consider the utility of transparency as a tool for mitigating regulatory capture, in which the third party influences the agent to serve its interest rather than the principal's.
Notes: Keywords: agency, formal modeling, mandatory disclosure, regulatory capture, transparency.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013