Past work has shown that asymmetric information and asymmetric ownership affect the possibility of efficient dissolution of partnerships. We show that \textit{control} is also a central determinant of the possibility of efficient implementation. We demonstrate this point by analyzing a benchmark...

This paper studies markets plagued with asymmetric information on the quality of traded goods. In Akerlof's setting, sellers are better informed than buyers. In contrast, we examine cases where buyers are better informed than sellers. This creates an inverse adverse selection problem: The market...

We experimentally study the effect of information about competitors ́actions on cartel stability and firms ́incentives to form cartels in Cournot markets. As in previous experiments, markets become very competitive when individualized information is available and participants cannot...