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AGENCY PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC SECTOR [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012 Agency theory analyses the effects of contractual behaviour between two parties: principal(s) and agent(s). This relation is inevitably characterized by information asymmetry because agent holds a substantially larger volume of information than the ...
Gyorgy Attila
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Optimal contracts in a dynamic costly state verification model [PDF]
This paper describes optimal contracts in a dynamic costly state verification model with stochastic monitoring. An agent operates a risky project on behalf of a principal over several periods.
Monnet, Cyril, Quintin, Erwan
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown +6 more
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The state-contingent approach to production under uncertainty [PDF]
The central claim of this paper is that the state-contingent approach provides the best way to think about all problems in the economics of uncertainty, including problems of consumer choice, the theory of the firm, and principal–agent relationships ...
Chambers, Robert G., Quiggin, John C.
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Endogenous Market Structures and Contract Theory. Delegation, principal-agent contracts, screening, franchising and tying [PDF]
I study the role of unilateral strategic contracts for firms active in markets with price competition and endogenous entry. Traditional results change substantially when the market structure is endogenous rather than exogenous.
Etro Federico
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective In multiple sclerosis, the optimal time for deploying a therapeutic intervention is before the central nervous system is damaged; given the success of trials treating the earliest stage of MS, the radiologically isolated syndrome, developing primary prevention strategies is an important next challenge.
Amy W. Laitinen +7 more
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IET Generation, Transmission & DistributionIntegrated demand response (IDR) is deemed as an effective tool to balance energy supply and demand. User’s uncertain information containing prior uncertain information and posterior uncertain information is a key factor affecting the implementation ...
Shunlin Zheng +7 more
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Externalities and the Allocation of Decision Rights in the Theory of the Firm [PDF]
This paper views authority as the right to undertake decisions that have external effects on other members of the organization. Because of contractual incompleteness, monetary incentives are insufficient to internalize these effects in the decision maker’
Bester, Helmut
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai +5 more
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Conflicting Tasks and Moral Hazard: Theory and Experimental Evidence [PDF]
We study a multi-task principal-agent problem in which tasks can be in direct conflict with each other. In theory, it is difficult to induce a single agent to exert efforts in two conflicting tasks, because effort in one task decreases the success ...
David J. Kusterer, Eva I. Hoppe
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