Search Results - subject:"Incentive theory"

The effects of costly exploration on optimal investment timing

NISHIHARA, Michi; SHIBATA, Takashi - Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University - 2010

This paper investigates a principal-agent model in which an owner (principal) optimizes a contract with a manager (agent) delegated to undertake an investment project. In the model, we explore the effects of costly exploration by which the manager learns the real value of development cost. We...

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A (micro) course in microeconomic theory for MSc students

Gaudeul, Alexia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

programme of this course is divided in three parts; choice under uncertainty, game theory and incentive theory. The whole of the …

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Incentives in Business and Academia

Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2009

This paper discusses some issues of compensation policy in business and academia from the perspectives of incentive … theory, other theories, and empirical research. The main conclusion is that mechanical rules for performance-related pay are …

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Incentives in business and academia

Holmlund, Bertil - 2009

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Do sellers offer menus of contracts to separate buyer types? An experimental test of adverse selection theory

Hoppe, Eva I.; Schmitz, Patrick W. - In: Games and Economic Behavior 89 (2015) C, pp. 17-33

hypothesis of incentive theory is that the seller may want to offer a menu of contracts to separate the buyer types. In the good …

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Performance-based aid : why it will probably not meet its promises

Paul, Elisabeth - In: Development policy review 33 (2015) 3, pp. 313-323

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Do sellers offer menus of contracts to separate buyer types? : an experimental test of adverse selection theory

Hoppe, Eva I.; Schmitz, Patrick W. - In: Games and economic behavior 89 (2015), pp. 17-33

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An incentive model for closed-loop supply chain under the EPR law

Li, X.; Li, Y.; Govindan, Kannan - In: Journal of the Operational Research Society : OR 65 (2014) 1, pp. 88-96

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Unemployment and Subjective Well-being: Does Money Make a Difference

Venetoklis, Takis; Ervasti, Heikki - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2006

, the incentive theory suggests that the level of well-being among the unemployed is far too high for them to actively and … economic factors which prove to be mot most crucial factor for the well-being of the unemployed. The incentive theory gets no …

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Do Sellers Offer Menus of Contracts to Separate Buyer Types? An Experimental Test of Adverse Selection Theory

Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

hypothesis of incentive theory is that the seller may want to offer a menu of contracts to separate the buyer types. In the good …

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