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Marty

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A risk-averse manager is hired to run a firm for shareholders. If shareholders cannot observe the manager's effort, which would be the best employment contract?
 a. a high-powered incentive contract to elicit maximum effort.
  b. a fixed salary.
  c. a moderately powered incentive scheme that elicits some effort without exposing the manager to too much risk.
  d. an incentive scheme that provides maximum incentives and maximum insurance.

Question 2

A risk-averse manager is hired to run a firm for shareholders. If the manager's effort can be observed and specified in a contract, which would be the best employment contract?
 a. a high-powered incentive contract to elicit the most effort.
  b. a fixed salary paid as long as the required effort is undertaken.
  c. a proportion of profits paid as long as the required effort is undertaken.
  d. a wage well in excess of his or her outside opportunity.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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