Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (11): 1665-1668.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2013.11.034

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Impact of Dynamic Inconsistency on Optimal LongTerm Contracts

LU Yang, ZHUANG Xintian   

  1. School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
  • Published:2013-07-09
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Abstract: With the repeated moral hazard of longterm contracts aimed at and the agent of time preference taken into account, a threeperiod incentive model was developed and the impact of dynamic inconsistency on longterm contracts was then explored. The results showed that dynamic inconsistency does not change the memorability of longterm contracts, i. e. the high output at the current stage will positively affect the agent's payoff in the later periods; dynamic inconsistency does change the martingales of different periods, and the agent's optimal utility in Period 1 is less than the expected value in Period 2 and Period 3.

Key words: dynamic inconsistency, longterm contract, repeated moral hazard, principalagent issue, martingale

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