Incentive Contracts

Edward P. Lazear
Working Paper 1917
DOI 10.3386/w1917
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Labor relations involve incentive problems. The market solves these problems by developing a variety of institutions. This paper describes and assesses the various forms of incentive contracts.

  • Edward P. Lazear, "Incentive Contracts," NBER Working Paper 1917 (1986), https://doi.org/10.3386/w1917.

Published Versions

The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. vol.2,pp. 744-748, ed. John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman. The Macmillan Press Limited London, 1987

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