A Theory of the Syndicate: Form Follows Function
从团队生产中的道德风险角度解释投资银行辛迪加的组织形式，指出成员稳定性构成进入壁垒以获取准租金，从而激励银行家培养投资者关系，提高预期收益。
ABSTRACT We relate the organizational form of investment banking syndicates to moral hazard in team production. Although syndicates are dissolved upon deal completion, membership stability across deals represents a barrier to entry that enables the capture of quasirents. This improves incentives for individual bankers to cultivate investor relationships that translate into greater expected proceeds. Reputational concerns of lead bankers amplify the effect. We derive conditions under which restricted entry and designation of a lead banker strictly Pareto dominate, in which case it is also strictly Pareto dominant for the syndicate's fee to be greater than members' cost of participation.