Contract theory patrick bolton, mathias dewatripont bok bokus. Segal and tadelis 2002, lectures on contract theory, unpublished, stanford university. It covers the areas of agency theory, information economics, and organization theory, highlighting common themes and methodologies and presenting the main ideas in an accessible way. Solutions manual to accompany contract theory the mit press. In economics, contract theory studies how economic actors can and do construct contractual arrangements, generally in the presence of asymmetric information. Economic theory international economic contract theory these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Contract theory by bolton, dewatripont, 9780262257961. Contract theory patrick bolton mathias dewatripont oslo. It is meant to be a first graduate course on the subject. Behavioral contract theory central european university in budapest. Optimal incentive schemes and the coexistence of debt and equity, cepr.
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