This paper presents a static model of adverse selection where the government (principal) aims to minimize the cost of a Poverty Alleviation Program (PAP) ensuring that all agents have access to a minimum level of income. In a two-type-agent model (Rich and Poor) in which agents differ either on...

We characterize the optimal incentive scheme for a manager who faces costly effort decisions and whose ability to generate profits for the firm varies stochastically over time. The optimal contract is obtained as the solution to a dynamic mechanism design problem with hidden actions and...