An Introduction to Other‑Regarding Preferences with an Application to Contract Design

Economic models of individual behavior often make the assumption that in evaluating between competing alternatives agents are only concerned with how each alternative impacts their own payoffs. This simple, yet reasonable, assumption postulates that agents are self‑regarding, that is, agents are not...

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Main Author: João Eira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2018-07-01
Series:Notas Económicas
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Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/notaseconomicas/article/view/5960