Agency costs and who bears them
Distinguish monitoring, bonding and residual loss.
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Monitoring is undertaken by the principal to observe or constrain the agent. Bonding is undertaken by the agent to provide assurance. Residual loss remains when decisions still diverge from the principal’s preferred outcome. These are distinct categories, not interchangeable labels.