Reaching free agency has always been seen as a milestone in the life of a big leaguer. After six or seven years with an organization, it’s a player’s first opportunity to be wined and dined, to talk ...

Major League Baseball has a problem. Spring training is underway and several top free agents have yet to sign. Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery, Matt Chapman and J.D. Martinez are still on the market.

In public service, the agency problem arises when those entrusted to act on behalf of citizens, “the agents,” pursue interests misaligned with those of the public, i.e., “the principals.” In ...

Focus is on the relationship between upper-level management and stockholders -- categories which overlap when the owner is the manager. Although J&M clearly believe that agency problems within the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y -- The fall of Enron demonstrates that an inherent management problem previously thought to occur only among a company's top managers also occurs within a company's board of directors, ...

Citations: Watanabe, Yasutora. 2007. Estimating the Degree of Expert's Agency Problem: The Case of Medical Malpractice Lawyers. International Economic Review.