Vertical Integration and the Strategic use of Private Information

Keith J. Crocker

Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, vol. 14, issue 1, pages 236-250

Abstract: This article presents a model of bilaterial monopoly in which one of the agents possesses private information about actual production costs. The strategic disclosure of this information is used as a bargaining tactic in an attempt to appropriate the quasi rents resulting from production. We examine the market transactions costs associated with the strategic use of private information. Vertical integration restructures private incentives so that the strategic use of information is minimized, thereby resulting in increased efficiency of production.

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