Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/104368 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Munich Discussion Paper No. 2012-28
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München
Abstract: 
In Bartling, Fehr and Schmidt (2012) we show theoretically and experimentally that it is optimal to grant discretion to workers if (i) discretion increases productivity, (ii) workers can be screened by past performance, (iii) some workers reciprocate high wages with high effort and (iv) employers pay high wages leaving rents to their workers. In this paper we show experimentally that the productivity increase due to discretion is not only sufficient but also necessary for the optimality of granting discretion to workers. Furthermore, we report representative survey evidence on the impact of discretion on workers’ welfare, confirming that workers earn rents.
JEL: 
M5
J3
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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