In Germany, employers can claim the right to any invention made by their employees, but have to pay a compensation if they do so. Recently this compensation was made subject to a legal reform proposal (and a new law concerning university employees). We set up a simple Principal-Agent model to...

This paper analyzes a mathematical model to examine a situation where an agent can show off his efforts to the principal for a higher evaluation under a one-period employment contract based on subjective performance evaluation. The analysis results indicated that the agent could achieve an...

Nationale und internationale Regulierungsmaßnahmen zur Managementvergütung -- Die Vergütung von Managern vor und nach der Finanzkrise von 2007 -- Die Relevanz von Bonusbanken für die Vergütung von Managern -- Analyse der Vorteilhaftigkeit von Bonusbanken im Vergleich zu klassischer...

Informationsasymmetrien bei Anleihefinanzierung -- Ansätze zur Reduktion von Agency-Problemen bei Anleihefinanzierung -- Lösungsansätze von Agency-Problemen bei Anleihen von eigentümergeführten Unternehmen: Der Informationsökonomische Bewertungsrahmen -- Fallstudienanalyse zur...

In this paper, I examine the complementarity of performance measurement, performance pay for production workers, and delegation of decisions to production workers in German manufacturing. I argue and find that combining the three management practices yields higher financial performance than the...