Publications of 29 September 2025

Principal-Agent Dynamics and Digital (Platform) Economics in the Age of Agentic AI

Volker Stocker and William Lehr

This article applies the principal–agent framework to the use of autonomous AI systems in digital markets. It examines the challenge of aligning AI agents with the interests of end-users, given that many systems may also reflect…

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