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Hart és Holmström szerződéselméleti munkássága [PDF]

, 2017
The 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström for their work on contract theory. Contract theory is a subfield of game theory where the conflict between the owner - the principal - and the CEO - or ...
Kiss, Hubert János, Kóczy, Á. László   +1 more
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Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

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, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Setting Incentives for Collaboration Among Agricultural Scientists: Application of Principal-Agent Theory to Team Work [PDF]

The USDA is attempting to shift more research funds into competitive grants involving collaboration across disciplines on large projects. This type of research structure raises a host of information and incentive issues.
Wallace E. Huffman
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Physician Referral Patterns to Physical Therapists for Managing Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From an Integrated Health System

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, Joel M. Stevans, Gustavo J. Almeida, Clair Smith, Janet K. Freburger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The scope of accountability of international organisations: the relevance of power, institutional structure, and salience

International Theory
International organisations (IOs) hold important governance functions and power. Yet, they are several steps detached from the constituencies that have entrusted them with functions and resources to carry them out, even as accountability expectations ...
Liliana B. Andonova
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Profit-Sharing as Tax Saving and Incentive Device [PDF]

The theory of labor contract with worker’s chosen effort level mainly rests upon the principal-agent paradigm. In many labor markets however, the principal is not as free as assumed in the standard theory, but is submitted to some binding institutional ...
Chau, Minh, Contensou, François
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Exploring Patients’ Profiles Associated With the Resolution of Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis Treated With Colchicine and Prednisone: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective was to identify factors determining acute arthritis resolution and safety with colchicine and prednisone in acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis. Methods We conducted a post hoc analysis of the COLCHICORT trial, which compared colchicine and prednisone for the treatment of acute CPP crystal arthritis, using a ...
Tristan Pascart, Laurène Norberciak, Pascal Richette, Pierre Robinet, Aurore Pacaud, Gauthier Marchasson, Thibault Rabin, Hélène Luraschi, Pierre Maciejasz, Anne‐France Georgel, Augustin Latourte, Hang‐Korng Ea, Sébastien Ottaviani, Charlotte Jauffret, Vincent Ducoulombier   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Renegotiation-Proof Contracts with Moral Hazard and Persistent Private Information [PDF]

How does renegotiation affect contracts between a principal and an agent subject to persistent private information and moral hazard? This paper introduces a concept of renegotiation-proofness, which adapts to stochastic games the concepts of weak ...
Bruno Strulovici
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Response to Allopurinol and Febuxostat According to the Fractional Excretion of Urate in Men With Gout

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Body mass index (BMI), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and pretreatment urate levels have been reported to influence the urate‐lowering response to allopurinol. We investigated whether the fractional excretion of uric acid (FEUA) also modulates this response and relates to oxypurinol concentrations.
Pascal Richette, Anouk Walter‐Petrich, Quang Dinh Nguyen, Matthieu Resche‐Rigon, Quang Huy Dinh Nguyen, Minh Duc Do, Thao Phuong Mai, Tuan Duc Nguyen, Fernando Perez‐Ruiz, Emmanuel Letavernier, Tristan Pascart, Augustin Latourte, Hang Korng Ea, Thomas Bardin   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A dynamic performance-based payment mechanism for Public-Private Partnership projects: An integrated model for principal-agent and multi-objective optimization models

International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Performance-based payment mechanism is one of the key issues to ensure all stakeholders’ benefits in infrastructure Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects.
Yongchao Cao, Huimin Li, Limin Su
doaj   +1 more source