Joint research unit 7235

Principal vs. Principal: Reconciling regulatory compliance and shareholder value

Speaker :Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné (HEC Montréal)

This paper considers situations where an agent (say, a polluting firm’s CEO) must allocate his nonobservable effort across two distinct tasks (say, revenue/market share enhancement and regulatory compliance), and where two principals (say, the firm’s shareholders and a regulator) hold diverging viewpoints on what the best allocation should be. Both characteristics of this context – multi-tasking and conflicting principals – are normally seen as obstacles to strengthening the agent’s incentives. This paper proposes a simple arrangement, based on contingent monitoring and clawbacks, that can overcome these obstacles. Under this arrangement, the principals would end up coordinating their respective incentive schemes so that the agent considers revenue enhancement and environmental compliance as complementary utility-increasing activities. Potential applications to corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and green innovation are briefly discussed.

AGENDA

Wednesday 22 March 2023

Économies du monde musulman

Hicham Benamirouche (CREAD, Alger) | Mongi Marzoug (ancien ministre tunisien de l’énergie)

La sécurité énergétique dans la région MENA: une proposition d’évaluation | La transition énergétique dans les pays du MENA

Wednesday 22 March 2023

La sécurité énergétique dans la région MENA: une proposition d’évaluation | La transition énergétique dans les pays du MENA

Hicham Benamirouche (CREAD, Alger) | Mongi Marzoug (ancien ministre tunisien de l’énergie)

La sécurité énergétique dans la région MENA: une proposition d’évaluation | La transition énergétique dans les pays du MENA

Thursday 23 March 2023

Lunch

Benjamin Monnery

Salle 401-402 à 12h

Does the International Criminal Court Reduce Violence Against Civilians?

Thursday 23 March 2023

Does the International Criminal Court Reduce Violence Against Civilians?

Benjamin Monnery

Salle 401-402 à 12h

Does the International Criminal Court Reduce Violence Against Civilians?

Monday 27 March 2023

Professeurs invités

Axel Gautier

Thursday 30 March 2023

Artificial intelligence, labour transformations, and inconspicuous inequalities: women’s work on digital ‘micro-tasking’ platforms

Paola Tubaro (CREST)

Salle : G614B

Artificial intelligence, labour transformations, and inconspicuous inequalities: women’s work on digital ‘micro-tasking’ platforms

Thursday 30 March 2023

Groupe de travail “Intelligence artificielle”

Paola Tubaro (CREST)

Salle : G614B

Artificial intelligence, labour transformations, and inconspicuous inequalities: women’s work on digital ‘micro-tasking’ platforms

Thursday 30 March 2023

Doctorants

Morel Tien

Migration et synchronisation des cycles

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