Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33899 
Year of Publication: 
2006
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IZA Discussion Papers No. 2463
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Incentive theory predicts that contract terms should respond to differences in agents' productivities. Firms' practice of anonymous contracts thus appears puzzling. We show that such a one-size-fits-all approach can be reconciled with standard agency theory if careers are marked by frequent transitions between employers, and agents have career concerns because complete long-term contracts are not feasible.
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