Schöndube-Pirchegger, Barbara; Schöndube, Jens Robert - In: Business research 10 (2017) 2, pp. 189-213
We consider a two-period LEN-type agency problem. The principal needs to implement one out of two accounting systems … relevant system reports an accounting signal in the period in which it is produced. The reliable system reports a more precise … signal, but with a one period delay. Accounting information is contractible only if it is reported within the two …