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Principal-agent Relationships

Principal-Agent Relationships is a theoretical framework in agency theory that models a contractual association in which one party, the principal, delegates decision-making authority to another party, the agent, who acts on the principal’s behalf under conditions of information asymmetry and potential misalignment of interests.

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661

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Principal Agent Relationships

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Publications

946

Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Academy of Management Review · 1989 · 9.4K citations

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Moral Hazard and Observability

Bengt Holmström · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1979 · 8.5K citations

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Multitask Principal–Agent Analyses: Incentive Contracts, Asset Ownership, and Job Design

Bengt Holmström, Paul Milgrom · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1991 · 6.1K citations

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Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Academy of Management Review · 1989 · 5.9K citations

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The Economic Theory of Agency: The Principal's Problem.

Stephen A. Ross · American Economic Review · 1973 · 4.1K citations

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Authors

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  1. LR
    Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía

    Arizona State University, United States

    11 publications · 2.5K citations

    11

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  2. BM
    Barry M. Mitnick

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    10 publications · 590 citations

    10

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  3. DM
    David Martimort

    Paris School of Economics, France

    9 publications · 539 citations

    9

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  4. GJ
    Gary J. Miller

    University of Colorado Health, United States

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

    7

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  5. JL
    Jean‐Jacques Laffont

    Institut d'Économie Industrielle, France

    6 publications · 1.6K citations

    6

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Institutions

661

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    18 h-index

    23 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    16 h-index

    18 publications

    3K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    15 h-index

    19 publications

    18.6K citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    14 h-index

    16 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    595 citations

  6. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    581 citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    645 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 70 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. The RAND Journal of Economics

    25 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Economic Theory

    JET · 22 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. American Economic Review

    17 publications · 5.9K citations

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  5. Econometrica

    17 publications · 4.2K citations

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