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incomplete contract. It is shown that the efficiency of these solutions is very sensitive to the characteristics of the good or …
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incomplete contract theory. We use the framework of Aghionand Tirole (1997) and define the managerial control structure as …
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The theory of incomplete contracting is rival to that of complete contracting as a frame of reference to understand contractual relationships. Both approaches rest upon diametrically opposed postulates and lead to very different policy conclusions. From a theoretical viewpoint, scrutiny of the...
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its valuation. A simple exit option contract, which allows the buyer to refuse trade, achieves the firstbest in the … asymmetric information are combined, exit options induce inefficient pooling and lead to a particularly simple contract …
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incomplete contract. It is shown that the efficiency of these solutions is very sensitive to the characteristics of the good or …
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each period. In contrast to previous findings, we demonstrate that writing a simple fixed-price contract based on product … values in which a higher investment can be implemented only if a formal fixed-price contract is written and combined with an …
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We develop a test for adverse selection and use it to examine private health insurance markets. In contrast to earlier papers that consider a purely private system or a system in which private insurance supplements a public system, we focus our attention on a system where privately funded health...
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Vertragstheorie - ausgewählte Ansatzpunkte zur Betrugsbekämpfung und insbesondere das Problem der Sanktionierung von ertappten … using existing results of contract theory. …
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We use experiments to test comparative statics predictions of canonical tournament theory. Both the roles of principal and agent are populated by human subjects, allowing us to test predictions for both incentive responses and optimal tournament design. Consistent with theory, we observed an...
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The present paper is a first attempt to develop a theoretical model using a short-term vis-à-vis long-term contract … model presented in this paper, donor countries balance these two contract schemes to determine the endorsement or rejection … empirical analysis shows the payoffs and relative advantages of these two contract schemes. …
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