The 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in contract theory

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström were awarded the 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for their fundamental contributions to contract theory. This article offers a short summary and discussion of their path breaking work.

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Schmidt, Klaus
Publisher:	München und Berlin : Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
Subject:	contract theory \| nobel prize \| optimal incentive schemes \| incomplete contracts

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Series:	Discussion Paper ; 19
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	883101793 [GVK] hdl:10419/162521 [Handle] RePEc:rco:dpaper:19 [RePEc]
Classification:	B21 - Microeconomics ; D23 - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; L20 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior. General
Source:	EconStor

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