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American Economic Review Vol. 77 No. 5 1987

Economic Organization with Limited Communication

Robert M. Townsend

Abstract

This paper presents formal, stylized representation of communication-accounting systems: oral assignment, portable object, written message, and telecommunication systems are considered. The environments that allows this formalization are characterized by spatial separation, private information, and a need to keep track of past actions, transfers, and shocks.

Volume
77
Issue
5
Pages
954-971
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib

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