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Coordinated Shirking

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  • Tenev, Nicholas H

    (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)

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In the financial crisis of 2008, losses on popular new securitized products far exceeded predictions. This paper studies this episode with a model of technology adoption: a principal tries to induce costly effort from a group of agents charged with vetting new technology. The principal is unwilling to simultaneously punish large groups of agents, so they shirk when coordination is possible. Widely applicable technology expands productive possibilities but also provides an opportunity for coordinated shirking, and can thus lead to widespread production failure. Furthermore, even agents who learn that they are using flawed technology may continue to do so.

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  • Tenev, Nicholas H, 2018. "Coordinated Shirking," SocArXiv 264vt_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:264vt_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/264vt_v1
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