The principal's dilemma.

Moreno-Ternero, Juan de Dios;Lopez-Pintado, Dunia
(2009) , 20 pages

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  • Moreno-Ternero, Juan de DiosUCLouvain
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  • Lopez-Pintado, DuniaUniversidad Pablo de Olavide
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A recurrent dilemma in team management is to select between a team-based and an individual based wage scheme. We explore such a dilemma in a simple model of production in teams, in which the team members may di?er in their e?ort choices and quali?cation. We show that, in spite of enhancing output as the basis for payment, a team-based wage scheme might be less pro?table for the principal than an individual-based wage scheme. We also highlight a deep misalignment between designing optimal (output-based) incentives for a team and treating its members impartially. Finally, upon introducing the possibility of liquidity constraints in our model, we provide rationale for the so-called ?rich get richer? hypothesis.
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Moreno-Ternero, J. d. D., & Lopez-Pintado, D. (2009). The principal’s dilemma. (CORE Discussion Paper 2009/3). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/250047