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On the Non-Contractual Nature of Donor-Recipient Interaction in Development Assistance [PDF]
This paper analyses three issues in strategic donor-recipient interaction motivated by the complexity of the rationale underlying aid. The first is when we have several principals with conflicting objectives.
Murshed, S. Mansoob
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A Principal-Agent Model of Sequential Testing [PDF]
, 2008 This paper analyzes the optimal provision of incentives in a sequential testing context. In every period the agent can acquire costly information that is relevant to the principal’s decision.
Dino Gerardi, Lucas Maestri
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Forced compliance in the principal-agent relationship
, 2004 Cognitive dissonance and the associated reduction of dissonance may change an individual's attitudes and beliefs. In this thesis, I explore the effects of dissonance reduction in a principal-agent relationship. When agents are initially imperfectly informed about their abilities, dissonance may arise when they learn their true abilities: they may ...
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the value of constructing models based on habitat radiomics and pathomics for predicting the risk of progression in high‐grade gliomas. Methods This study conducted a retrospective analysis of preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) images and pathological sections from 72 patients diagnosed with high‐grade gliomas (52 ...
Yuchen Zhu +14 more
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Dynamic Incentive Contracts with Uncorrelated Private Information and History Dependent Outcomes [PDF]
In existing papers on dynamic incentive contracts, the dynamic structure of the principal-agent relationship arises exclusively from the ability of the principal to learn about the hidden information over time.
Gérard Gaudet +2 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Glioma recurrence severely impacts patient prognosis, with current treatments showing limited efficacy. Traditional methods struggle to analyze recurrence mechanisms due to challenges in assessing tumor heterogeneity, spatial dynamics, and gene networks.
Lei Qiu +10 more
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Do ESG activities reduce agency costs?
International Review of Economics & FinanceThis work explores the ongoing debate about whether a firm's increased Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activities affect its agency costs—the expenses arising from conflicts between shareholders and managers, or shareholders and creditors ...
Richard Paul Gregory
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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang +6 more
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The crowding-out of work ethics [PDF]
, 2001 This paper analyses optimal contracts in a principal-agent model where the agent is intrinsically motivated at the outset and there is an endogenous relationship between the structure of incentive payments and intrinsic motivation (crowding effects). The
Grepperud, Sverre +1 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PTs) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja +4 more
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