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What happens when employers would like to screen their employees but only observe a subset of output? We specify a model in which heterogeneous employees respond by producing more of the observed output at the expense of the unobserved output. Though this substitution distorts output in the...
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Under asymmetric information, dishonest sellers lead to market unraveling in the lemons model. An additional cost of …
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quality goods are able to use prices as a signaling device and this enables them to trade. However, not all sellers of high …
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), Miyazaki (1977) and Spence (1978). Consumers have private information on their risk profile and the frequency with which they …
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and commodities. By reinterpreting the variables, our model encompasses a broad range of adverse selection and signalling …
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and commodities. By reinterpreting the variables, our model encompasses a broad range of adverse selection and signalling …
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and commodities. By reinterpreting the variables, our model encompasses a broad range of adverse selection and signalling …
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information frictions, and to analyze the impact of monetary policy on equilibrium outcomes. The main results show that private … information regarding the quality of an asset impairs its liquidity and reduces both trading volume and consumption. As a … money, as observed since the eruption of the global financial crisis. A policy intervention replacing information sensitive …
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Temporary contracts provide employers with a tool to screen potential new employees and have been shown to provide "stepping stones" into permanent employment for workers. For both reasons workers on temporary contracts have an incentive to provide more effort than permanent employees. Using...
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