1999
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937x.00089
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Incentives and Transactions Costs Within the Firm: Estimating an Agency Model Using Payroll Records

Abstract: We estimate an agency model using the payroll records of a copper mine that paid a production bonus to teams of workers. We estimate the cost of incomplete information due to insurance and incentives considerations and the inefficiency caused by the simple form of the incentive contract itself. At the estimated parameters the cost of worker risk aversion (insurance) is of similar magnitude to moral hazard (incentives). Overall, incomplete information accounted for one-half of the bonus system's inefficiency re… Show more

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“…In terms of empirical work, Ferrall and Shearer (1999) and Paarsch and Shearer (2000) estimate static structural models of worker behavior given linear contracts. Oyer (1998) was the first to empirically investigate quota-based plans.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of empirical work, Ferrall and Shearer (1999) and Paarsch and Shearer (2000) estimate static structural models of worker behavior given linear contracts. Oyer (1998) was the first to empirically investigate quota-based plans.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Researchers working on models of contractual choice have developed a number of possible explanations for choosing one contract over another. These include risk aversion and transaction costs associated with determining the contract Cheung 1969and Ferrall and Shearer 1994, quality-versus-quantity considerations Stiglitz 1975and Lazear 1986 , and nancial constraints La ont and Matoussi 1995 . We focus on the quantity-quality trade-o .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent examples for likelihood functions, which are embedded in the current framework, are the multi-variate analysis of milk product purchases by Cornick, Cox, and Gould (1994) and the estimation of a productivity distribution from bonus data by Ferrall and Shearer (1999).…”
Section: Applicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%