Implicit contracts, incentive compatibility, and involuntary unemployment: thirty years on

W. Bentley Macleod and James Malcomson

No 997, Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: Implicit Contracts, incentive compatibility, and involuntary unemployment” (MacLeod and Malcomson, 1989) remains our most highly cited work. We briefly review the development of this paper and of our subsequent related work, and conclude with reflections on the future of relational contract theory and practice.

Date: 2023-01-26
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