This paper examines moral hazard in teams over time. Agents are collectively engaged in an uncertain project, and their individual efforts are unobserved. Free-riding leads not only to a reduction in effort, but also to procrastination. The collaboration dwindles over time, but never ceases as...

Collaboration has emerged in recent years as a public administration trend of utmost importance (O’Leary, Gerard, and Bingham 2006). The growing complexity of contemporary social issues, dispersed expertise to address them, technological innovations, administrative fragmentation, and...