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(Last update: Jul 28)
Lecture Plan
| Date |
Topic
|
Readings |
Homework
|
Notes
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
July 6 |
Introduction | |||
July 8 |
Salary Model | Pre-requisite: Appendix A |
Homework 1 | |
July 13 |
Piece Rates - Theory | Homework 2 | ||
July 15 |
Piece Rates - Evidence | Pre-requisite: Appendix B Articles:Shearer (2004) |
Homework 3 | |
July 20 |
Piece Rates - Risk Aversion | Pre-requisite: Appendix C Textbook: Garibaldi |
Homework 4 | Midterm 1 |
July 22 |
Multiple Signals and Tasks | Textbook: Milgrom Articles: Gibbons and Murphy (1992), Hannaway (1992) |
Homework 5 | Assignment 1 Due |
July 27 |
Subjective Evaluation | Articles: Bol (2005), Kerr (1975), |
Homework 6 | |
July 29 |
Tournaments | Pre-requisite: Appendix D, Appendix E Articles: Becker and Huselid (1992) |
Homework 7 | |
Aug 3 |
Teams | Pre-requisite: Appendix F Articles: Knez and Simester (2001) |
Homework 8 | Midterm 2 |
Aug 5 |
Efficiency Wages and Defferred Compensation |
Articles: Raff and Summers (1987), Gunderson and Pesando (1999) |
Homework 9 | Assignment 2 Due |
Aug 10 |
Non-Financial Incentives | Articles: Fehr and Falk (2002) |
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Aug 12 |
Review |
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