Moral Hazard and Non-Exclusive Contracts

Abstract

This paper studies equilibria for economies characterized by moral hazard (hidden action), in which the set of contracts marketed in equilibrium is determined by the interaction of financial intermediaries. The crucial aspect of the environment that we study is that intermediaries are restricted to trade non-exclusive contracts: the agents' contractual relationships with competing intermediaries cannot be monitored ( or are not contractible upon).EFFICIENCY ; ASYMETRIC INFORMATION