Comparing Incentive Mechanisms in Different Markets
A lender requires a business owner to invest a significant amount of their own money into a new project before granting a loan. Separately, a firm pays its employees a wage higher than the prevailing market rate for their roles. Analyze the underlying economic principle that connects these two seemingly different strategies. In your analysis, for each scenario, you must identify the principal, the agent, and what the agent has at risk that incentivizes them to act in the principal's interest.
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