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TY - JOUR
T1 - Push or Pull?
T2 - Performance-Pay, Incentives, and Information
AU - Rietzke, David
AU - Chen, Yu
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Rietzke, D. and Chen, Y. (2020), Push or pull? Performance‐pay, incentives, and information. The RAND Journal of Economics. doi:10.1111/1756-2171.12314 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1756-2171.12314 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2020/3/20
Y1 - 2020/3/20
N2 - We study a principal‐agent model wherein the agent is better informed of the prospects of the project, and the project requires both an observable and unobservable input. We characterize the optimal contracts, and explore the trade‐offs between high‐ and low‐powered incentive schemes. We discuss the implications for push and pull programs used to encourage Research and Development (R&D) activity, but our results are relevant in other contexts.
AB - We study a principal‐agent model wherein the agent is better informed of the prospects of the project, and the project requires both an observable and unobservable input. We characterize the optimal contracts, and explore the trade‐offs between high‐ and low‐powered incentive schemes. We discuss the implications for push and pull programs used to encourage Research and Development (R&D) activity, but our results are relevant in other contexts.
KW - Pay for Performance
KW - Moral Hazard
KW - Adverse Selection
KW - Observable Action
KW - Principal-Agent Problem
U2 - 10.1111/1756-2171.12314
DO - 10.1111/1756-2171.12314
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 301
EP - 317
JO - RAND Journal of Economics
JF - RAND Journal of Economics
SN - 0741-6261
IS - 1
ER -