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The role of boundary solutions in principal-agent problems of the Holmstrom-Milgrom type

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  • Hellwig, Martin F., 2007. "The role of boundary solutions in principal-agent problems of the Holmstrom-Milgrom type," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 136(1), pages 446-475, September.
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