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Multi-Period Contract Problems with Verifiable and Unverifiable Outputs

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  • Kazuya Kamiya

    (University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics)

  • Meg Sato

    (The Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy)

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Labour contracts tend to be more complicated than one simple short or long-term contract which is the basis of previous studies. Combinations of different length contracts become essential when principals expect to maximize not only verifiable outputs but also observable but unverifiable outputs, e.g., leadership. This paper is the first to develop a theoretical model of multi-period contracts that combine short-, mid-, and long-term contracts. We show that combinations of different length contracts vary by the relative importance of verifiable and unverifiable outputs and relative efficiency of investments in human capital made for each output. We also determine thresholds where the principal switches from offering one type of contract to the other.

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  • Kazuya Kamiya & Meg Sato, 2011. "Multi-Period Contract Problems with Verifiable and Unverifiable Outputs," Crawford School Research Papers 1103, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:crwfrp:1103
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    Keywords

    Different Length Contracts; Unverifiable Outputs; Unverifiable Investments; Unverifiable Ability;
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    JEL classification:

    • D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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