Joint Ownership of Production Projects as a Commitment Device against Interest Groups

Nicoletta Berardi and Paul Seabright

Working papers from Banque de France

Abstract: This paper investigates an unexplored rationale for joint ownership of a production project. We model projects with autocorrelated productivity shocks as creating an option value of investing over time so that later investments benefit from the information revealed by the realization of earlier investments. However, internal and external interest groups may pressurize owners into paying out early revenues. Joint ownership provides a commitment mechanism against them, thereby enabling more efficient levels of investment. The Business Environment and Enterprises Performance survey data corroborate the model's prediction that organizations under interest group lobbying pressure are more likely to choose joint ownership.

Keywords: Commitment Mechanism; Joint Ownership; Joint Venture; Lobbying; Interest Group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 F21 G32 L14 L24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2022
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Journal Article: Joint Ownership of Production Projects as a Commitment Device against Interest Groups (2020)
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