Biased principals as a discipline device

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-206

  Dewatripont, Mathias ^a   Tirole, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Budget constraints; Debt; Equity; Multiple principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030161465     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-1425(96)82497-2     Document Type: Article

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