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Contract theory (Record no. 40750)

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International Standard Book Number 9780262025768
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Classification number 346.022000
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Personal name Bolton Patrick
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Title Contract theory
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. MIT Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004
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Extent 724p
Dimensions xv
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Price amount Rs. 6,354
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Formatted contents note Synopsis:<br/>A comprehensive introduction to contract theory, emphasizing common themes and methodologies as well as applications in key areas.<br/><br/>Despite the vast research literature on topics relating to contract theory, only a few of the field's core ideas are covered in microeconomics textbooks. This long-awaited book fills the need for a comprehensive textbook on contract theory suitable for use at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels. It covers the areas of agency theory, information economics, and organization theory, highlighting common themes and methodologies and presenting the main ideas in an accessible way. It also presents many applications in all areas of economics, especially labor economics, industrial organization, and corporate finance. The book emphasizes applications rather than general theorems while providing self-contained, intuitive treatment of the simple models analyzed. In this way, it can also serve as a reference for researchers interested in building contract-theoretic models in applied contexts.The book covers all the major topics in contract theory taught in most graduate courses. It begins by discussing such basic ideas in incentive and information theory as screening, signaling, and moral hazard. Subsequent sections treat multilateral contracting with private information or hidden actions, covering auction theory, bilateral trade under private information, and the theory of the internal organization of firms; long-term contracts with private information or hidden actions; and incomplete contracts, the theory of ownership and control, and contracting with externalities. Each chapter ends with a guide to the relevant literature. Exercises appear in a separate chapter at the end of the book.<br/><br/>From the Inside Flap:<br/>"An extremely impressive synthesis of the ideas that make up modern contract theory. It will undoubtedly be the definitive text on the topic for many years to come." <br/>--Oliver Hart, Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Harvard University<br/><br/>"This is a masterful summary of the last 30 years of economic research on contract theory, written in clear and accessible prose." <br/>--Hal Varian, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley<br/><br/>"*Contract Theory* is certainly the most important textbook on the frontiers of microeconomics since Tirole's celebrated *Theory of Industrial Organization*. Bolton and Dewatripont have done a marvelous job of providing an exhaustive account of the field, using only very simple and self-contained models and relying on a whole battery of economic applications. All this contributes to making the book not only the unavoidable teaching and research reference on contract theory, but also a unique tribute to economics at its best." <br/>--Philippe Aghion, Department of Economics, Harvard University
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Topical term or geographic name entry element 1. Contracts - U K 2. Contracts - Philosophy
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Personal name Dewatripont Mathias
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