Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment.

The theoretical foundations of efficiency wages are explored for a model with employees' performance unverifiable. The set of outcomes implementable by self-enforcing (perfect equilibrium) implicit bilateral contracts is characterized. Market equilibrium is then analyzed. Perfect equilibria exi...

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Main Authors: MacLeod, W, Malcomson, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1989