In the Presence of Asymmetric Information,a Hire Contract

question 78

Multiple Choice

In the presence of asymmetric information,a hire contract

• A) achieves production efficiency.
• B) can lead to opportunistic behavior on the part of the agent.
• C) is impossible to write.
• D) will result in the principal earning all of the profit.

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