Научный семинар МИЭФ, Balazs Szentes (LSE)
Докладчик: Balazs Szentes (LSE)
Тема доклада: "Optimal Monitoring Design" joint with George Georgiadis.
Тезисы доклада: This paper considers a Principal–Agent model with hidden action in which the Principal can monitor the Agent by acquiring independent signals conditional on effort at a constant marginal cost. The Principal aims to implement a target effort level at minimal cost. The main result of the paper is that the optimal information-acquisition strategy is a two-threshold policy and, consequently, the equilibrium contract specifies two possible wages for the Agent. This result provides a rationale for the frequently observed single-bonus wage contracts. .