Optimal cash-in-advance contracts under weak third-party enforcement

We explores the implications of North's weak third-party enforcement (TPE) on the structure of the ex ante incentives-compatible contracts that require an advance payment by the principal to the agent. This generates appropriable quasi-rent, which the agent can appropriate. To deal with this, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 46, no. 1 (June 2009), p. 87-102.
Main Author: Fabella, Raul V. (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2009.
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