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Author Stremitzer, Alexander.

Title Agency Theory: Methodology, Analysis A Structured Approach to Writing Contracts Alexander Stremitzer
Edition 1st, New ed
Published Frankfurt a.M. Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften [2018], ©2005

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Description 1 online resource
Series Forschungsergebnisse der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien 3
Free online access: JSTOR
Contents Classic Risk-Incentive Trade-off -- Risk Sharing -- Error in Judgement -- Bankruptcy Constraints -- Transaction Costs -- Distortion -- Bonding -- Dynamic Extensions -- Income Smoothing -- Reputation Effects -- Career Concerns -- Epistemological Issues -- Sceptical Tradition -- Value of Axiomatic Approaches -- Methodological Individualism -- Methodology of Contract Theory -- Checklist for Drafting Contracts -- Programmatic Outlook
Summary Designing a contract is often more of an economic than a legal problem. A good contract protects parties against opportunistic behavior while providing motivation to cooperate. This is where economics and, especially contract theory, may prove helpful by enhancing our understanding of incentive issues. The purpose of this book is to provide specific tools which will help to write better contracts in real world environments. Concentrating on moral hazard literature, this book derives a tentative checklist for drafting contracts. As an economic contribution to a field traditionally considered an art rather than a science, this treatment also gives much attention to methodological issues
Notes Thesis (Doctoral)
The Author: Alexander Stremitzer, born in 1974. From 1994 to 2000 education in Business Administration, Law and Philosophy in Vienna and Paris. Experience in Consulting and Legislative Lobbying. Ph. D. 2003, currently Assistant Professor at the University of Bonn, Economics Department
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Subject Agency (Law)
Contracts -- Methodology
Agency (Law)
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783631754009
3631754000