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1989 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Principal and Agent

verfasst von : Joseph E. Stiglitz

Erschienen in: Allocation, Information and Markets

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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The principal-agent literature is concerned with how one individual, the principal (say an employer), can design a compensation system (a contract) which motivates another individual, his agent (say the employee), to act in the principal’s interests. The term principal-agent problem is due to Ross (1973). Other early contributions to this literature include Mirrlees (1974, 1976) and Stiglitz 1974, 1975).

Metadaten
Titel
Principal and Agent
verfasst von
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Copyright-Jahr
1989
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20215-7_25