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Delegated Contracting

Delegated Contracting is a contractual framework in which a principal authorizes an agent to design, negotiate, or enforce contracts on its behalf, distinguished from direct contracting by the allocation of contracting authority to an intermediate party who acts under specified incentives and informational constraints.

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90

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73

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2017–2026

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Publications

49

Decentralization, Hierarchies, and Incentives: A Mechanism Design Perspective

Dilip Mookherjee · Journal of Economic Literature · 2006 · 366 citations

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Optimal Contracts in a Continuous-Time Delegated Portfolio Management Problem

Hui Ou‐Yang · Review of Financial Studies · 2003 · 258 citations

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Hierarchical Decentralization of Incentive Contracts

Nahum D. Melumad, Dilip Mookherjee, Stefan Reichelstein · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1995 · 249 citations

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A Model of Delegated Project Choice

Mark Armstrong, John Vickers · Econometrica · 2010 · 141 citations · Full text

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DELEGATED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT: A SURVEY OF THE THEORETICAL LITERATURE

Livio Stracca · Journal of Economic Surveys · 2006 · 129 citations · Full text

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Authors

90

  1. DM
    Dilip Mookherjee

    Boston University, United States

    6 publications · 898 citations

    6

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  2. DM
    David Martimort

    Paris School of Economics, France

    4 publications · 125 citations

    4

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  3. SR
    Stefan Reichelstein

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 389 citations

    3

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  4. ND
    Nahum D. Melumad

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 389 citations

    3

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  5. YN
    Yasuhiko Nakamura

    Nihon University, Japan

    2 publications · 27 citations

    2

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Institutions

73

  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    378 citations

  2. Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

    Toulouse, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    63 citations

  3. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    216 citations

  4. European Central Bank

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    143 citations

  5. Bocconi University

    Milan, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    121 citations

  7. École des hautes études en sciences sociales

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  8. Toulouse School of Economics

    Toulouse, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    139 citations

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Venues

  1. The RAND Journal of Economics

    5 publications · 382 citations

    5

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  2. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy

    JEMS · 4 publications · 170 citations

    4

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 54 citations

    4

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  4. Economics bulletin

    EB · 2 publications · 27 citations

    2

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  5. Econometrica

    2 publications · 263 citations

    2

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