If all issues of effort, output, and pay are fully observable and contactable between an owner and an employee, then:

A. revenues of the firm are independent of employee effort.
B. the utility of the employee is unimportant to the outcome.
C. incentive conflicts remain intractable.
D. incentive conflicts can be eliminated.


Answer: D

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