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Creating countervailing incentives through the choice of instruments
[[Créer des incitations contraires à travers le choix des instruments de régulation]]

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  • Philippe Bontems

    (Station d'économie et sociologie rurales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • J.M. Bourgeon

    (Inconnu)

Abstract

Cet article analyse l'efficacité relative de contrats basés soit sur la production soit sur l'effort dans un modèle d'agence avec antisélection. Selon le taux marginal de substitution entre effort et productivité, deux cas apparaissent. Dans le premier, les deux contrats impliquent un même ordre des agents selon leur productivité. Dans ce cas, un des instruments domine toujours l'autre quel que soit le type de l'agent. Dans le second cas, les deux contrats produisent des ordres inverses pour le type de l'agent, et le principal préfère toujours employer une stratégie mixte dépendante du paramètre de productivité sur l'ensemble des deux contrats. S'il n'existe pas de restriction sur les stratégies mixtes, le principal peut atteindre le premier rang dans ce cadre d'antisélection. Si le principal est contraint à utiliser des stratégies pures, il préfère néanmoins offrir un contrat où la nature de la variable de contrôle dépend de la productivité de l'agent. En d'autres termes, offrir un ensemble de contrats où l'agent peut choisir l'instrument de contrôle permet d'améliorer le bien-être du principal.

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  • Philippe Bontems & J.M. Bourgeon, 2000. "Creating countervailing incentives through the choice of instruments [[Créer des incitations contraires à travers le choix des instruments de régulation]]," Post-Print hal-02689372, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02689372
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