Optimism, overconfidence, and moral hazard

I revisit the standard moral-hazard model, in which an agent’s preference over contracts is rooted in costly effort choice. I characterise the behavioural content of the model in terms of empirically testable axioms, and show that the model’s parameters are identified. I propose general behavioural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sinander, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2024