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Eight essays address the inherent problems of the agency relationship, such as monitoring performance and the careful design of incentives. By applying agency theory to actual practices in areas as diverse as tax-sheltered programs and transfer pricing, the contributors present conceptual tools and practical ideas for shaping agency structures to serve the best interests of both parties. A research colloquium book.
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Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. Proceedings from one of a series of conferences held at the Harvard Business School in 1984. Includes bibliographies and index. Principals and agents / John W. Pratt and Richard J. Zeckhauser -- The economics of agency / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Agency costs versus fiduciary duties / Robert C. Clark -- Insider trading as an agency problem / Frank H. Easterbrook -- Empirical evidence of incentive problems and their mitigation in oil and gas tax shelter programs / Mark A. Wolfson -- Agency costs, employment contracts, and labor unions / Richard A. Epstein -- Transfer pricing as a problem of agency / Robert G. Eccles -- Agency as control / Harrison C. White. Inscribed by Zeckhauser to Victor Robert Fuch, American health economist. He was known for his 1975 book Who Shall Live?, which detailed the consequences of rising health care costs in the United States. Like new, first edition. 6½" - 9¼". Inscribed by author. book. Seller Inventory # 277581
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