The Common Factors That Give Rise to All Principal-Agent Problems

question 4

Multiple Choice

The common factors that give rise to all principal-agent problems include the

• A) unobservability of some manager-agent action
• B) presence of random disturbances in team production
• C) the greater number of agents relative to the number of principals
• D) a and b only
• E) none of the above

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