We study a discrete-time model of repeated moral hazard without commitment. In every period, a principal finances a … the returns of a successful project unbeknownst the principal. The absence of commitment is reflected both in the solution … period to the next. We show that removing commitment from the equilibrium concept is relatively innocuous -- if the players …

relocation by postponing a sufficient amount of transfer to the second period. With limited commitment, i.e. when only short …