'performance and therefore differ according to how effective incentives canbe in encouraging a good performance. In particular, we show … that, undercertain assumptions, the M-form (multi-divisional form) is likely to provide better incentives than the U …

We consider the response to incentives as an explanation for productivity differences within a firm that paid its …: one due to differences in ability and the other due to differences in the response to incentives. We apply this … that individuals do react differently to incentives. However, while the women in our sample reacted slightly more to …

on incentives and incomplete contracts (beginning with many contributions also from the 1950s) leads to a more nuanced … expectation. Specifically, an examination of the incentives faced by schools, parents, and students leads to predictions that are …

on incentives and incomplete contracts (beginning with many contributions also from the 1950s) leads to a more nuanced … expectation. Specifically, an examination of the incentives faced by schools, parents, and students leads to predictions that are …

process or to fully utilize economic incentives. The paper is supported by survey responses from Christian ministry …

research (Davies & Fafchamps, 2017) has shown that managers in Ghana are reluctant to use monetary incentives to motivate … to the employer before a contract is offered (ex ante communication) and in which the employer can send negative or … positive feedback to the worker after the worker has chosen effort (ex post communication). The results indicate that feedback …

This paper analyses the incentives to upgrade input quality in vertically related (network) industries. Upstream … regulation, vertical integration and legal unbundling regimes provide highest investment incentives and lead to highest welfare … the entrant is low. Under ownership unbundling, investment incentives are lower but there is never foreclosure of the …

We study innovation incentives in the presence of "product hopping," whereby the incumbent patents a minor modification …

We present evidence on social incentives in the workplace, namely on whether workers' behavior is affected by the … are paid piece rates based on individual productivity, social incentives can be quantified in monetary terms and are such … productivity by 10%. The distribution of worker ability is such that the net effect of social incentives on the firm's aggregate …