Description
Principals and Agents lays out the agency construct and explores its many forms and appearances on the business landscape. Issues covered include the treatment of agency in the economics literature; institutional responses to the generic problems of agency; discussion of fiduciary duties,insider trading,and employment contracts; and analysis of how the agency facilitates subordinates' autonomy and managers' control. Contributors include Kenneth J. Arrow,Richard A. Epstein,and Frank H. Easterbrook,among others.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
241 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1991
Publisher
Harvard Business School Pr
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0875841643
ISBN-13
9780875841649