Optimal Contracts in a Continuous-Time Delegated Portfolio Management Problem

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-208

  Ou Yang, Hui ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0037270159     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/16.1.0173     Document Type: Article

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