Hughes, Joseph P.; Moon, Choon-Geol - In: Proceedings (2004) May, pp. 320-352
An empirical model of managers’ demand for agency goods is derived and estimated using the Almost Ideal Demand System of Deaton and Muellbauer (AER 1980). As in Jensen and Meckling (JFE 1976), we derive managers’ demand for agency goods by maximizing a managerial utility function where...
