Screening ethics when honest agents keep their word

Economic Theory

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-311

  Alger, Ingela ^a   Renault, Régis ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Ethics; Honesty; Loyalty; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845290585     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0057-3     Document Type: Article

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