Incentive Contracts and Elections for Politicians with Multi-Task Problems
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- Gersbach, Hans & Liessem, Verena, 2008. "Incentive contracts and elections for politicians with multi-task problems," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(2), pages 401-411, November.
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Keywords
elections; incentive contracts; multi-task problems;JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2004-02-29 (All new papers)
- NEP-CDM-2004-02-29 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MIC-2004-02-29 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2004-02-29 (Positive Political Economics)
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