The Effects of Preference Characteristics and Overconfidence on Economic Incentives

This dissertation is a collection of three independent research papers and three chapters with surveys introducing into the respective literature. The first paper analyses the effects of introducing Inequity Aversion in a Moral Hazard Problem, the second paper is about optimal delegation in groups involved in contests, and the third paper is about the optimal delegation decision of firms who can hire possibly overconfident managers.

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Year of publication:	2005-01-27
Authors:	Englmaier, Florian
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Incentives \| Inequity Aversion \| Contracts \| Strategic Delegation \| Overconfidence

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Munich Dissertations in Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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