This paper considers the regulated monopoly that pads or falsifies its costs to increase the cost reimbursement it receives from the regulator. Contrary to the standard literature on cost regulation, the firm engages in cost reducing investment before it enters into a regulatory contract. This...

A common practice of banks has been to pool assets of different qualities and then sell a fraction of the newly created portfolios to investors. We extend the signaling model for single sales of risky assets to portfolio sales. We identify conditions under which signaling at the portfolio level...

In this paper we consider a regulated monopoly that can pad its costs to increase its cost reimbursement. Even while padding is ineácient the optimal incentive scheme tolerates some padding of costs to reduce the information rents paid to low cost types. It is shown that high cost firms pad...

In this paper we consider a regulated monopoly that can pad its costs to increaseits cost reimbursement. Even while padding is ineácient the optimal incentivescheme tolerates some padding of costs to reduce the information rents paid tolow cost types. It is shown that high cost ßrms pad costs...

A common practice of banks has been to pool assets of different qualities and then sell a fraction of the newly created portfolios to investors. We extend the signaling model for single sales of risky assets to portfolio sales. We identify conditions under which signaling at the portfolio level...