Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26935 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2007,21
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
This article discusses the limitations of the orthodox economic theory of the firm as a nexus of contracts. Various experimental studies have shown that the aggregation of individuals in groups changes behavior and preferences systematically. This perspective has been formalized by models of interdependent preferences. Based on a prominent approach of interdependent preferences, intention-based preferences, two types of labor contracts, incentive contracts and bonus contracts, are analyzed. Results are compared with the predictions of the orthodox economic theory.
Subjects: 
Firms
interdependent preferences
labor contracts
JEL: 
D21
D63
L14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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