The Proper Scope of Government Reconsidered: Asymmetric Information and Incentive Contracts
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- Schmitz, Patrick W., 2023. "The proper scope of government reconsidered: Asymmetric information and incentive contracts," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
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Keywords
incomplete contracts; privatization; control rights; asymmetric information; investment incentives;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2023-07-24 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CTA-2023-07-24 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-MIC-2023-07-24 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-REG-2023-07-24 (Regulation)
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