Salience Bias and Overwork

In this study, we enrich a standard principal–agent model with hidden action by introducing salience-biased perception on the agent’s side. The agent’s misguided focus on salient payoffs, which leads the agent’s and the principal’s probability assessments to diverge, has two effects: First, the agen...

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Main Authors: Fabio Römeis, Fabian Herweg, Daniel Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/13/1/15