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1、ATheoryofDebtBasedontheInalienabilityofHumanCapitalAuthor(s):OliverHartandJohnMooreSource:TheQuarterlyJournalofEconomics,Vol.109,No.4(Nov.,1994),pp.841-879Publishedby:OxfordUniversityPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2118350.Accessed:17/04/201323:38YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicat
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4、Apr201323:38:48PMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsATHEORYOFDEBTBASEDONTHEINALIENABILITYOFHUMANCAPITAL*OLIVERHARTANDJOHNMOOREConsideranentrepreneurwhoneedstoraisefundsfromaninvestor,butcannotcommitnottowithdrawhishumancapitalfromtheproject.Thepossibilityofadefaultorquitputsanupperboun
5、donthetotalfutureindebtednessfromtheentrepreneurtotheinvestoratanydate.Wecharacterizetheoptimalrepaymentpathandshowhowitisaffectedbothbythematuritystructureoftheprojectreturnstreamandbythedurabilityandspecificityofprojectassets.Ourresultsareconsistentwiththeconventionalwisdomaboutwhatdete
6、rminesthematuritystructureoflong-termdebtcontracts.I.INTRODUCTIONConsideranentrepreneurwhohasaccesstoaprofitableinvestmentproject,butdoesnothavethefundstofinanceit.Inanidealworldtheentrepreneurwouldraisethecapitalfromanoutsideinvestor(e.g.,abank),promisinginreturnasufficientfractionoffutu
7、recashflowsthattheinvestorbreakseven.Suchanexantedivisionofsurplusmaybeunenforceable,however,iftheentrepreneurcannotcostlesslybereplaced(possiblybecausehehasspecialskills),andifhecanalwaysthreatentorepudiatethecontractbywithdrawinghishumancapital.Weshowthatthethreat