2002Journal of Northeastern University Social ScienceRequires access

The Strategy of Reducing Production Costs under Asymmetric Information

Zhang Xiao

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The thesis deals with the problem about how to induce producers to reduce production costs for managers under asymmetric information. The principal agent theory is applied to indicate the importance of inducement. The author establishes the model based on the principal agent theory to show how to determine the sharing cost underrun on condition that manager and producer get the biggest profit respectively.

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The thesis deals with the problem about how to induce producers to reduce production costs for managers under asymmetric information. The principal agent theory is applied to indicate the importance of inducement. The author establishes the model based on the principal agent theory to show how to determine the sharing cost underrun on condition that manager and producer get the biggest profit respectively.

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The thesis deals with the problem about how to induce producers to reduce production costs for managers under asymmetric information. The principal agent theory is applied to indicate the importance of inducement. The author establishes the model based on the principal agent theory to show how to determine the sharing cost underrun on condition that manager and producer get the biggest profit respectively.

Key concepts: Principal (computer security), Information asymmetry, Production (economics), Microeconomics, Principal–agent problem, Profit (economics), Economics, Industrial organization

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