Limited liability and non-responsiveness in agency models
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چکیده
This paper analyzes the optimal menu of contracts offered by a risk-neutral principal to risk-averse agent under moral hazard, adverse selection, and limited liability. We show that liability constraint causes pooling most efficient types. also find sufficient conditions which full is optimal, regardless agent's risk aversion or type distribution. Our model suggests offering single contract often in environments with faces constraint.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Games and Economic Behavior
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0899-8256', '1090-2473']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2021.03.010