Incentive-Compatible Debt Contracts: The One-Period Problem

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DOI10.2307/2297737zbMath0573.90020OpenAlexW2140281938MaRDI QIDQ3691370

Martin F. Hellwig, Douglas Gale

Publication date: 1985

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d4dda9a0d378bd2923c5ee090f1f4e8f6e68f65a




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