Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/104357 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Munich Discussion Paper No. 2012-9
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München
Abstract: 
We consider a model of moral hazard with limited liability of the agent and effort that is two-dimensional. One dimension of the agent’s effort is observable and the other is not. The principal can thusmake the contract conditional not only on outcome but also on observable effort. The principal’s optimal contract gives the agent no rent and – in contrast to the first-best allocation – uses toomuch observable effort and too little unobservable effort. This distortion in the relative use of the two kinds of effort increases if the agent’s liability becomes more limited.
Subjects: 
moral hazard
two-dimensional effort
regulation
JEL: 
D82
D86
K32
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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