文章首先研究契约理论的发展及其演化历程,然后从交易属性的角度分析比较委托代理理论、交易成本理论、不完全契约理论的模型假设条件及主要观点的异同,最后对契约理论的应用及发展趋势作简要评价。
This paper studies the development of contract theory and its evolution history, and then compares the similarities and differences of the assumptions and main points between principal-agent theory, transaction cost theory and incomplete contract theory from the perspective of transaction attributes. In the last, brief comments about contract theory's application and future development are put forward.