Planning in a general sense is concerned with the design of communication and decision making mechanisms in organizations where information and choice are decentralized. Non-cooperative planning theory as it is developed in this book treats the incentive aspects hereof. It stresses how strategic behavior and opportunism may impede planning, and how this can be coped with via the organization of communication and decision making, the design of information and control systems, and the development of incentive schemes. In particular, the book contains a thorough investigation of incentive provision in information production.

1: Introduction.- 1. Basic Concepts and Approaches.- 2: Information and Communication.- 2. Bayesian Games and Implementation.- 3. Organization of Communication.- 3: Delegated Decision Making.- 4. Choice-Implementation Models.- 5. Sufficient and Robust Information.- 6. Finer, Complete and Ancillary Information.- 7. Non-Verifiable Information.- 4: Delegated Information Production.- 8. Information Production Models.- 9. Incentives in Information Production.- 10. Organization of Information Production.- 5: Evaluation of Specific Schemes.- 11. Incentives and Productivity Measures.- 6: Summary and Conclusions.- 12. Summary and Conclusions.- References.