Arbeitspapier

Communicating Subjective Evaluations

Should principals explain and justify their evaluations? Suppose the principal's evaluation is private information, but she can provide justification by sending a costly cheap-talk message. If she does not provide justification, her message space is restricted, but the message is costless. I show that the principal justifies her evaluation to the agent if the evaluation indicates bad performance. The justification assures the agent that the principal has not distorted the evaluation downwards. In equilibrium, the wage increases in the agent's performance, when the principal justifies her evaluation. For good performance, however, the principal pays a constant high wage without justification.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4830

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Economics of Contract: Theory
Labor Contracts
Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
Thema
communication
justification
subjective evaluation
stochastic contracts
disclosure

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lang, Matthias
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2014

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Lang, Matthias
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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