Agent and Principal in UK Law
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Principal-Agent Modelling and Learning
Principal-agent modelling has become a very influential way of thinking about bureaucratic politics in a wide range of settings. Simple agency models have recently been extended and bureaucratic re...
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Principal Agent Theory and Artificial Information Asymmetry
This article evaluates the potential for the concept of ‘artificial information asymmetry’ to be used in political studies which focus on principal agent theory. We present real-world examples and ...
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Public Policy in a Principal-Agent Framework
The principal-agent framework is a rapidly developing approach to the analysis of contractual relationships within the private sector. We argue that it should be a promising approach to the analysi...
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Opportunistic behavior in the principal–agent model of policing
Whereas the criminal justice system is designed to determine whether a police officer as an offender is guilty or innocent, the principal–agent model of policing can provide insights into police of...
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The Principal–Agent Framework and Independent Regulatory Agencies
The goal of this contribution is to discuss the application of the principal–agent framework to the study of interactions between elected politicians – the principal – and independent regulatory ag...
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Trust and Incentives in Principal-Agent Negotiations
The canonical principal-agent problem involves a risk-neutral principal who must use incentives to motivate a risk-averse agent to take a costly, unobservable action that improves the principal’s p...
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A Principal-Agent Model of Elections with Novice Incumbents
The efficient aggregation of information is a prerequisite for the operation of a democratic system. In order for political office-holders to act responsively so that policy outcomes reflect public...
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Principal–agent theory and the World Trade Organization: Complex agency and ‘missing delegation’
This article analyses the World Trade Organization within a principal–agent framework. The concept of complex agent is introduced to focus on the variety of actors that comprise an international or...
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Patients, Doctors and Contracts: An Application of Principal‐Agent Theory to the Doctor‐Patient Relationship
The doctor‐patient relationship has been the main focus of principal‐agent theory in health care. This paper focuses on communication between doctors and patients within the doctor‐patient relation...
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Security Forces and Sexual Violence: A Cross-National Analysis of a Principal—Agent Argument
This article investigates sexual violence committed by government security forces. It focuses on the issue of delegation. It uses principal—agent logic to understand sexual violence committed by th...
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