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Jovanovic, B.
Ueda, M.

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We study the principal-agent problem when there is nominal risk. We find that when nominal data are gathered with delay, fully indexed contracts are not time consistent, not renegociation proof.

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Paper provided by C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University in its series Working Papers with number 96-23.

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Keywords: CONTRACTS; MONEY;

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E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)
K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law

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