Arbeitspapier
Dynamic reform of public institutions: A model of motivated agents and collective reputation
State capacity is optimized when public institutions are staffed by individuals with public-service motivation. However, when motivated agents value the collective reputation of their place of employment, steady-state equilibria with both high and low aggregate motivation (reputation) in the mission-oriented sector exist. Reforming a low-motivation institution requires a non-monotonic wage path: since the effect of higher wages on motivation is negative for a highreputation institution, but positive for a low-reputation institution, a transition to a high-reputation steady state requires an initial wage increase to crowd motivated workers in, followed by a wage decrease to crowd non-motivated workers out.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2015-303r
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
- Thema
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Motivated Agents
Institutional Reform
Public Sector
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Valasek, Justin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
Datenpartner
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Valasek, Justin
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Entstanden
- 2016