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The Role of Risk in Contract Choice Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Allen, Douglas W
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Structuring contracts to share risk in light of incentive problems is the central premise of contract theory, yet the risk-sharing implications have rarely been thoroughly tested using micro-level contract data. In this article we test the major implications of a principal-agent model of contracts using detailed data on more than 4,000 individual contracts from modern North American agriculture. On a case-by-case basis, our evidence fails to support the standard principal-agent model with risk aversion as an explanation of contract choice in modern North American farming. At the same time, we find some support for models that assume risk-neutral contracting parties and stress multiple margins for moral hazard and enforcement costs. Copyright 1999 by Oxford University Press.
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Volume (Year): 15 (1999)
Issue (Month): 3 (October)
Pages: 704-36
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