Multi - Criteria Agency Theory

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  • Rudolf Vetschera
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This paper extends standard agency theoretic models to explicitly take into account the presence of multiple criteria at the agent level. Two possible approaches for this extension are discussed. In the first approach, we consider only the minimum information that the principal might posses about the agent's preferences towards different criteria. It can be shown that, in this context, the principal has only weak possibilities to influence the agent's behavior. In a second approach, a richer information set is considered. In this context, it is possible to determine probabilities of alternatives being selected by the agent. We also analyze how these probabilities can be influenced by the principal, and how this affects the principal's net profit. Zusammenfassung In dieser Arbeit wird die Anwendung von Konzepten der Entscheidung bei mehrfacher Zielsetzung auf Agency-Beziehungen untersucht. Dabei werden zwei Szenarien bezuglich moglicher Informationsstande des Prinzipals iiber die Artenpraferenzen des Agenten betrachtet. Im ersten Szenario verfugt der Prinzipal nur iiber minimale Informationen bezuglich dieser Praferenzen und es kann gezeigt werden, daB unter diesen Annahmen der Prinzipal nur sehr geringe EinfluBmoglichkeiten auf das Verhalten des Agenten hat. Im zweiten Szenario wird weitergehende Information unterstellt, die die Ableitung von Wahrscheinlichkeitsaussagen iiber die vom Agenten gewahlte Alternative ermoglicht. Es wird untersucht, wie diese Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung von Aktionsparametern des Prinzipals abhangt und zur Gestaltung eines aus der Sicht des Prinzipals optimalen Anreizsystems benutzt werden kann. Multi-Criteria Agency Theory

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تاریخ انتشار 2012