The Multiperiod Principal-Agent Problem.

In repeated principal-agent models, long-term contracts can improve on short-term contracts only if they commit either the principal or agent to a payoff in some future circumstances lower than could be obtained from a short-term contract negotiated if that circumstance occurs. The authors show that...

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Main Authors: Malcomson, J, Spinnewyn, F
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 1988