Incentive Contracts and Elections for Politicians with Multi-Task Problems

Hans Gersbach and Verena Liessem

No 4075, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We consider a model with a politician facing a multi-task problem while in office. The re-election mechanism distorts the allocation of effort in favour of tasks whose outcomes can be measured more precisely than others. We show that a combination of elections and incentive contracts can alleviate this inefficiency. The incentive contract does not require information about the performance of the politician and is self-financing across terms.

Keywords: Elections; Incentive contracts; Multi-task problems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-10
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