We study a model of adverse selection, hard and soft information, and mentalizing ability-the human capacity to … information on agents. We show that principals that combine conventional data collection techniques with mentalizing benefit from … provides insights into the implications of mentalizing for agency theory. …

We study a model of adverse selection, hard and soft information, and mentalizing ability-the human capacity to … information on agents. We show that principals that combine conventional data collection techniques with mentalizing benefit from … provides insights into the implications of mentalizing for agency theory. …

hypothesized that altruism may be a byproduct of “mentalizing”, the process of understanding and predicting the mental states of … will not be supplanted by mutants who have similar mentalizing abilities but who lack altruism. …

systems involved with Theory of Mind (that is, mentalizing other agents) are similar to those involved with prospection …