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principal-agent problems

principal-agent problems is the plural of principal-agent problem.

Meaning of principal-agent problem

Noun

principal-agent problem (plural principal-agent problems)

  1. The problem that a person or entity serving as an agent for another, and able to make decisions on the other's behalf, may be motivated instead to make decisions that benefit themselves.

Questions about principal-agent problems

What is principal-agent problems the plural of?
Principal-agent problems is the plural of principal-agent problem.

Words near principal-agent problems in the dictionary

  1. principal square root
  2. principal square roots
  3. principal ultrafilter
  4. principal ultrafilters
  5. principal-agent problem
  6. principal-agent problems
  7. principalisation
  8. principalism
  9. principalist
  10. principalists
  11. principalities

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