Studies on the allocation of authority in government organisations, the appropriateness of each policy and the policy coordination

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K01730
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07050:Public economics and labor economics-related
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Tamada Yasunari 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (30265938)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 組織内の仲裁者 / 組織内の権限配分 / 情報獲得投資 / 政策間の調整 / ロビイスト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

(1) Mediating Internal Competition for Resources: This study elucidated the benefits of granting decision-making authority to a mediator in internal competition for resources among agents. The presence of a mediator induces agents to make compromises to each other in project selection, functioning as insurance and providing agents with high incentives.
(2) The Allocation of Authority in Government Organizations and Coordination in Policies: This study compared the distribution of multiple task execution authority to different agents with centralizing it to the principal. It particularly considered government organizations and examined the impact of lobbyists' information transmission and influence activities on policy decisions.
(3) Compromise and Information Acquisition: Multiple agents acquire information, which can sometimes be undesirable and weaken incentives. The presence of a mediator can control these incentives.

Free Research Field

組織の経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

政府や企業といった組織には多くの個人が参加しており、組織の性能を高めるためには構成する個人の利害を調整し，組織の目的に沿わせる必要がある。ひとつの重要な論点として，組織内の複数の個人の目的やの調整があり，そして政治家や経営者に求められる役割のひとつとして仲裁がある。本研究では仲裁者としての政治家や経営者が組織の個人のインセンティブに意思決定の調整に与える影響を分析し、さらには政府組織において，政治家を通じたロビイストの影響も分析した。本研究を通じて政治家や経営者の役割が明確となり，実現すべき組織のデザインについても知見を得た。またロビイストが果たすプラスの役割も明らかにした。