Aversion to the variability of pay and optimal incentive contracts
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- Pierre Chaigneau, 2010. "Aversion to the variability of pay and optimal incentive contracts," FMG Discussion Papers dp654, Financial Markets Group.
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compensation; contract theory; incentives; moral hazard; optimal contracts;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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