Zhang, Heng; Yang, Ming; Bao, Jiye; Gong, Pu - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 734-738
This paper proposes a procurement mechanism for a research and development (R&D) project, in which the stochastic nature of R&D is incorporated, and the potential agents needed to invest prior to the agent are selected. The incentive contract aims to attract the investment of potential agents...