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  2. Principal–agent problem - Wikipedia

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    The deviation from the principal's interest by the agent is called "agency costs". [3] Common examples of this relationship include corporate management (agent) and shareholders (principal), elected officials (agent) and citizens (principal), or brokers (agent) and markets (buyers and sellers, principals). [4]

  3. Sexual arousal disorder - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to popular belief, the disorder is not always caused from a lack of sexual arousal. Possible causes of the disorder include psychological and emotional factors, such as depression, anger, and stress; relationship factors, such as conflict or lack of trust; medical factors, such as depleted hormones, reduced regional blood flow, and nerve damage; and drug use.

  4. Tortious interference - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge of that relationship by a third party. Intent of the third party to induce a party to the relationship to breach the relationship. Lack of any privilege on the part of the third party to induce such a breach. The contractual relationship is breached. Damage to the party against whom the breach occurs. [10]

  5. Regulatory capture - Wikipedia

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    Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as Barrier-to-Competition: Applications-to-Operate vs In-Operation. For public choice theorists, regulatory capture occurs because groups or individuals with high-stakes interests in the outcome of policy or regulatory decisions can be expected to focus their resources and energies to gain the policy outcomes they prefer, while members of the public, each ...

  6. Knapp's relational development model - Wikipedia

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    Neither one of them is happy and the relationship must come to an end. In this model, this step is unavoidable and relationships can terminate at any time. Termination can occur due to physical separation, growing socially or psychologically apart, or the death of one of the partners.

  7. Interpersonal attraction - Wikipedia

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    In social psychology, interpersonal attraction is most-frequently measured using the Interpersonal Attraction Judgment Scale developed by Donn Byrne. [1] It is a scale in which a subject rates another person on factors such as intelligence, knowledge of current events, morality, adjustment, likability, and desirability as a work partner.

  8. Major depressive disorder - Wikipedia

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    Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder [9] characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.

  9. Insurable interest - Wikipedia

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    A married person has an insurable interest in the life of their spouse, and minor children have an insurable interest in their parents. A person is also presumed to have an insurable interest in his or her own life. [7] [8] Broadly speaking, without an immediate family or a relationship that is recognized by law there is no insurable interest.