Kirpalani, Rishabh; Madsen, Erik - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 18 (2023) 3, pp. 1141-1180
We study the interaction of incentives to free-ride on information acquisition and strategically delay irreversible investment in environments in which multiple firms evaluate an investment opportunity. In our model, two firms decide how quickly to privately obtain information about the...