In this paper, I discuss the importance of conducting experimental research in managerial
accounting and provide a framework for understanding and assessing the contributions of …

We discuss the importance of conducting experimental research in managerial accounting
and provide a framework for understanding and assessing the contributions of research in …

In the standard economic treatment of the principal-agent problem, compen-sation systems
serve the dual function of allocating risks and rewarding pro-ductive work. A tension …

This book provides a framework for thinking about economic instiutions such as firms. The
basic idea is that institutions arise in situations where people write incomplete contracts and …

This paper provides an overview of the existing theoretical and empirical work on the
provision of incentives. It reviews the costs and benefits of many types of pay-for …

We review the contemporary theory of financial intermediation. The focus is on contributions
in the past 15 years or so that have advanced our understanding of why financial …

We present results from a randomized evaluation of a teacher performance pay program
implemented across a large representative sample of government-run rural primary schools …

This paper identifies and evaluates rationales for team participation and for the effects of
team composition on productivity using novel data from a garment plant that shifted from …

Using incentive pay to improve public‐sector efficiency is an important component of the UK
government's public‐service modernization agenda. In this paper, we review the important …

It is hypothesized that technological and organizational changes are an important source of
work intensification, and supportive evidence is found using establishment data for Britain in …