This paper examines the effect of imperfect labor market competition on the efficiency of compensation schemes in a … variable payments. The degree of competition then determines the structure of these contracts. Three regions can be … distinguished: For low competition, low-ability agents are under-incentivized and exert too little effort. For high competition …

We incorporate externalities into the stable matching theory of two-sided markets. Extending the classical substitutes … condition to markets with externalities, we establish that stable matchings exist when agent choices satisfy substitutability … externalities even though the standard fixed-point techniques do not apply. …