Arbeitspapier

Subjective Evaluations: Discretionary Bonuses and Feedback Credibility

We provide a new rationale for the use of discretionary bonuses. In a setting with unknown match qualities between a worker and a firm and subjective evaluations by the principal, bonuses are useful in order to make the feedback from the firm to the workers credible. This way workers in good matches are less inclined to accept outside offers.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7758

Classification
Wirtschaft
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Economics of Contract: Theory
Subject
discretionary bonuses
feedback
signalling

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Fuchs, William
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Fuchs, William
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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