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Can Agent Cheap Talk Mitigate Agency Problems in the Presence of a Noisy Performance Measure? An Experimental Test in a Single- and Multi-Period Setting

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Jeremy D. Douthit, Linwood W. Kearney, Douglas E. Stevens
Journal: Journal of Management Accounting Research
Journal of Management Accounting Research (2012) 24 (1): 135–158.
https://doi.org/10.2308/jmar-50199
Published: 01 December 2012
... with the principal. Traditional solutions to this agency problem include paying the agent a financial incentive tied to some noisy measure of performance or allowing the agent to develop a reputation over multiple periods. As the noisiness of the performance measure increases, however, these traditional solutions...
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