uncertainty, mathematically represented as uncertainty in the marginal product of inputs. In a stylized principal-agent model, I … show how production uncertainty can make output-based incentives ineffective or even detrimental to employee productivity … question type as production uncertainty grows for that type …

moderated when firm-level uncertainty is high, consistent with performance being attributed more to luck rather than skill and … effort, which can create incentives to shift earnings toward lower-uncertainty periods. We show that the resulting … opportunistic earnings management more challenging. Our evidence highlights a novel channel through which uncertainty affects …

Traditionally, researchers have had difficulty testing the relationship between the degree of risk or uncertainty in …

environments with little uncertainty and for agents with low degrees of risk aversion. There is an ongoing debate in the literature …

effort from workers. I predict and find that uncertainty in workers' effort-performance relationship moderates the effect of … horizon on effort. Horizon and uncertainty affect expectancy (probability of standard attainment) which in turn determines … low uncertainty decreased effort as horizon increased. However, those facing high uncertainty increased effort as horizon …