Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20222 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 987
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper shows that monitoring too much a partner in the initial phase of a relationship may not be optimal if the goal is to determine his loyalty to the match and if the cost of ending the relationship increases over time. The intuition is simple: by monitoring too much we learn less on how the partner will behave when he is not monitored. Only by giving to the partner the possibility to misbehave he might be tempted to do it, and only in this case there is a chance to learn his type at a time where separation would be possible at a relatively low cost.
Subjects: 
monitoring
probation
effort
asymmetric information
JEL: 
M5
D8
D2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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