The Risk-Sharing Problem Under Limited Liability Constraints in a Single-Period Model

Jessica Martin ()
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Jessica Martin: INSA de Toulouse, IMT UMR CNRS 5219, Université de Toulouse

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2021, vol. 189, issue 3, No 8, 854-872

Abstract: Abstract This work provides analysis of a variant of the Risk-Sharing Principal-Agent problem in a single period setting with additional constant lower and upper bounds on the wage paid to the Agent. The effect of the extra constraints on optimal contract existence is studied and leads to conditions on the underlying utility functions under which an optimum may be attained. Solution characterization is then provided along with the derivation of a Borch rule for Limited Liability. Finally, some applications, including the CARA utility case, are discussed.

Keywords: Principal-Agent problems; Risk-Sharing; Limited liability; Optimization on Hilbert spaces; 91B41; 91B43; 49J55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s10957-021-01861-8

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