Incentives for Experimenting Agents
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- Johannes Hörner & Larry Samuelson, 2013. "Incentives for experimenting agents," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 44(4), pages 632-663, December.
- Johannes Horner & Larry Samuelson, 2009. "Incentives for Experimenting Agents," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1726R2, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Mar 2013.
- Johannes Horner & Larry Samuelson, 2012. "Incentives for Experimenting Agents," Levine's Working Paper Archive 786969000000000418, David K. Levine.
- Johannes Horner & Larry Samuelson, 2013. "Incentives for Experimenting Agents," Levine's Working Paper Archive 786969000000000671, David K. Levine.
- Johannes Horner & Larry Samuelson, 2009. "Incentives for Experimenting Agents," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1726R3, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Jun 2013.
- Johannes Horner & Larry Samuelson, 2009. "Incentives for Experimenting Agents," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1726R, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Feb 2012.
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Keywords
Experimentation; Learning; Agency; Dynamic agency; Venture capital; Repeated principal-agent problem;JEL classification:
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2009-09-11 (All new papers)
- NEP-BEC-2009-09-11 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CTA-2009-09-11 (Contract Theory & Applications)
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- NEP-MIC-2009-09-11 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PPM-2009-09-11 (Project, Program & Portfolio Management)
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