Optimal contracting with moral hazard and cascading

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-596

  Khanna, Naveen ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032335357     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/11.3.559     Document Type: Article

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