In the principal-agent problem, the principal is:

A. a person who entrusts someone with performing a task.
B. a person who carries out a task on someone else's behalf.
C. a person who is in charge of an educational system.
D. a person who is the source of the problem.


A. a person who entrusts someone with performing a task.

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