Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.8

7.8 — practice question

Give one example of the principal–agent problem.

  • Athe disincentive effect for entrepreneurs of high government tax rates
  • Bthe existence of a trade union to put forward workers’ views to managers
  • Cthe lack of consumer knowledge of the quality of firms’ products
  • Dthe separation of the owners of a firm from the firm’s managers

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