Optimal contracts and competitive markets with costly state verification

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DOI10.1016/0022-0531(79)90031-0zbMath0446.90007OpenAlexW2147560556MaRDI QIDQ1146099

Robert M. Townsend

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(79)90031-0




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