This paper examines a principal’s trade-off when he decides whether to transfer knowledge to other members of the organization. Although knowledge makes an agent more productive (productivity effect), knowledge transfer could cause the agent to become selfemployed. The agent would then become...

In practice, two types of tournaments can be distinguished - U-type and J-type tournaments. In U-type tournaments, workers receive prizes that have been fixed in advance. In J-type tournaments, the employer fixes an aggregate wage bill in advance, which is then shared among the workers according...

Agency theory emphasizes that separating ownership and control can lead to inefficiencies in corporations, but the literature on strategic delegation points out that the owner will profit from this separation due to advantages from self-commitment. In this paper, both literatures are combined....

This paper extends the discussion of simultaneous-move tournaments by focusing on the analysis of heterogeneous instead of homogeneous contestants. We show that the principal will not implement first-best efforts even though the agents are risk neutral and not limited in wealth, and despite the...

Dem Plan des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung bis zu zehn "Spitzenuniversitäten" zu fördern, um den Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland nachhaltig zu stärken, steht Prof. Dr. Gerd Grözinger, Universität Flensburg, eher skeptisch gegenüber. Für ihn wäre es wichtiger, die...

Dem Plan des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung bis zu zehn "Spitzenuniversitäten" zu fördern, um den Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland nachhaltig zu stärken, steht Prof. Dr. Gerd Grözinger, Universität Flensburg, eher skeptisch gegenüber. Für ihn wäre es wichtiger, die...