Miscellaneous Models

In this chapter I will deal with models, which are difficult to fit within any of the categories discussed above.

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Suren Basov

Social Norms, Bounded Rationality and Optimal Contracts

Studies in Economic Theory Volume 30

Founded by: Charalambos D. Aliprantis Series editors Nicholas C. Yannelis, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Timothy J. Kehoe, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Menneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, USA Bernard Cornet, Paris School of Economics, Université Paris 1, Paris, France and University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

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Suren Basov

Social Norms, Bounded Rationality and Optimal Contracts

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Suren Basov Centre for Economics and Financial Econometrics Research Deakin University Burwood, VIC Australia

ISSN 1431-8849 Studies in Economic Theory ISBN 978-981-10-1039-2 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1041-5

ISSN 2196-9930

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ISBN 978-981-10-1041-5

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Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2 Ambiguity, Robustness, and Contract Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 A Model of Ambiguity Aversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Equilibrium Theory and Ambiguity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Ambiguity Aversion and the Myerson-Satterthwaite Theorem . 2.4 Ambiguity Aversion, Moral Hazard, and Contractual Incompleteness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 Some Other Economic Effects of Pessimism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5.1 Robustness and Linear Contracts: Uncertainty Over Agent’s Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.