This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency’s performance management system and personnel … records plus matched labour market data. We focus on three main issues: whether performance pay matters for public service …

We analyse the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and … ownership improves economic performance, but domestic private ownership does not, relative to state-owned firms. Foreign firms … increasing profit. Ownership concentration is associated with superior performance, thus providing support to the agency theory …

additional payment. We show that it is easier for division managers to prove top management’s manipulations when the performance …

additional payment. We show that it is easier for division managers to prove top management’s manipulations when the performance …

had on branch performance in a large distribution firm. The scheme, which is based on the Balanced Scorecard, was …

from fixed wages to performance pay based on the average productivity of lower-tier workers. Theory suggests that …. In our field experiment we find that the introduction of managerial performance pay raises both the mean and dispersion …

. To evaluate whether the existence of social connections is beneficial to the firm's overall performance, we explore how … irrespective of the worker's ability, but when they are paid performance bonuses, they target their effort towards high ability … performance of connected workers, we find that favoring connected workers is detrimental for the firm's overall performance. …

noticeable influence on entrepreneurial performance. For example, increasing previous employer size from the 25 percent quartile …