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In the presence of a time-inconsistency problem with optimal agency contracts, we show that competitive markets implement allocations that Pareto dominate those achieved by a benevolent planner, they induce strictly more effort, and they sometimes make the commitment problem disappear entirely....
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This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of couples’ childbearing decisions in Italy. Since having children is in most cases a “couple matter”, the analysis accounts for the characteristics of both the possible parents. Our results do not support...
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We study the problem of an investor that buys an equity stake in an entrepreneurial venture, under the assumption that the former cannot monitor the latter’s operations. The dynamics implied by the optimal incentive scheme is rich and quite different from that induced by other models of...
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-long contract to which only the insurer can commit, implement identical consumption, effort and welfare outcomes. Unlike contracts …
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contract providing coverage against different losses therefore should generally differ from the standard form under moral … hazard. The paper concentrates on the conditions under which the standard insurance contract holds under moral hazard and … rarely ever optimal to combine two losses in one insurance contract prescribing only a single deductible for both losses if …
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