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Multitask agency problems: Focus and task clustering

Dewatripont, Mathias and Jewitt, Ian and Tirole, Jean (2000) Multitask agency problems: Focus and task clustering. European Economic Review, 44 (4-6). pp. 869-877. ISSN 0014-2921

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Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014292100000593

Abstract

This short paper discusses recent insights of multitask agency theory. It considers in turn the issues of effort substitution, conflicts between tasks and implicit incentives and ‘mission’. It concludes by addressing the problem of optimal task clustering.

DOI:10.1016/S0014-2921(00)00059-3
Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Incentives; Moral hazard; Multiple tasks
ID Code:15314
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Deposited On:22 Dec 2011 13:02
Last Modified:22 Dec 2011 13:02

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