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The Economics of Contracts: A Primer » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Bernard Salanie
ISBN-13: 9780262193863, ISBN-10: 0262193868
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: March 1997
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Bernard Salanie

Bernard Salanié is Research Fellow of LEI (CREST) in Paris, Professor at École Polytechnique, and Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies. His books include The Microeconomics of Market Failures (2000) and The Economics of Taxation (2003), both published by The MIT Press.

Book Synopsis

A concise introduction to the theory of contracts, emphasizing basic tools that allow the reader to understand the main theoretical models; revised and updated throughout for this edition.

Table of Contents

1Introduction1
2Adverse selection : general theory11
3Adverse selection : examples and extensions43
4Signaling models97
5Moral hazard119
6The dynamics of complete contracts161
7Incomplete contracts193
8Some empirical work211
AppSome noncooperative game theory223

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