Incentives

Motivation and the Economics of Information

Donald E. Campbell

592 pages, parution le 01/06/2006 (2^eme édition)

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This book examines the incentives at work in a wide range of institutions to see how and how well coordination is achieved by informing and motivating individual decision makers. The book examines the performance of agents hired to carry out specific tasks, from taxi drivers to CEOs. It investigates the performance of institutions, from voting schemes to kidney transplants, to see if they enhance general well being. The book examines a broad range of market transactions, from auctions to labor markets, to the entire economy. The analysis is conducted using specific worked examples, lucid general theory, and illustrations drawn from news stories. Of the seventy different topics and sections, only twelve require a knowledge of calculus. The second edition offers new chapters on auctions, matching and assignment problems, and corporate governance. Boxed examples are used to highlight points of theory and are separated from the main text.

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Preface to the Second Edition
Equilibrium, Efficiency, and Asymmetric Information
Basic Models and Tools
Hidden Action
Corporate Governance
Hidden Characteristics
Auctions
Voting and Preference Revelation
Public Goods and Preference Revelation
Matching
General Competitive Equilibrium
References
Author Index
Subject Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Donald E. Campbell
Parution	01/06/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	592
Format	18 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1071g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521539746
ISBN13	978-0-521-53974-6