Principal-agent models: An expansion?

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-202

  Waterman, Richard W ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000858236     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024377     Document Type: Article

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