IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5027

Optimal Incentive Contracts under Moral Hazard When the Agent Is Free to Leave

Florian Englmaier, Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider

revised version published as 'Optimal Incentive Contracts for Knowledge Workers' in: European Economic Review, 2014, 67, 82-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4827

Guilt from Promise-Breaking and Trust in Markets for Expert Services: Theory and Experiment

Adrian Beck, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Jianying Qiu, Matthias Sutter

significantly revised version published as 'Shaping Beliefs in Experimental Markets for Expert Services: Guilt Aversion and the Impact of Promises and Money-Burning Options' in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2013, 81, 145-164

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4773

Optimal Use of Labor Market Policies: The Role of Job Search Assistance

Conny Wunsch

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (3), 1030-1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4647

The Impact of Distributional Preferences on (Experimental) Markets for Expert Services

Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter, Uwe Dulleck

published with new title "How social preferences shape incentives in (experimental) markets for credence goods" in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127, 393-416.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4490

Can Workers' Expectations Account for the Persistence of Discrimination?

Antonio Filippin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4373

Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions

Steven Y. Wu

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 28 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4179

Optimal Family Policy in the Presence of Moral Hazard, When the Quantity and Quality of Children Are Stochastic

Alessandro Cigno, Annalisa Luporini

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (2), 349-364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4153

Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2010, 14 (2), 374-385

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4125

Negative Externalities and Equilibrium Existence in Competitive Markets with Adverse Selection

Ferdinand von Siemens, Michael Kosfeld

revised version published as 'Team production in competitive labor markets with adverse selection' in: European Economic Review, 2014, 68, 181–198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4041

Agency and Communication in IMF Conditional Lending: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Silvia Marchesi, Laura Sabani, Axel Dreher

published as 'Read my lips: The role of information transmission in multilateral reform design ' in: Journal of International Economics. 2011, 84 (1), 86 - 98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4030

The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition

Uwe Dulleck, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 526-555

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3881

Worker Self-Selection and the Profits from Cooperation

Michael Kosfeld, Ferdinand von Siemens

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 573 - 582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3862

On the Sorting of Physicians across Medical Occupations

Pascal Courty, Gerald Marschke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3804