Ec 476: Contracts and Organizations

Michaelmas 2008

Prof. Maitreesh Ghatak

Economics of Public Organizations

Syllabus and Reading List

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Lecture Notes 1 (Why standard incentive schemes don’t work in public organizations)

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Lecture Notes 2 (How to incentivize motivated agents)

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Lecture Notes 3 (How to motivate managers)

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Lecture Notes 4  (Can incentive schemes crowd out intrinsic motivation)

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Benabou-Tirole 1 Slides

Benabou-Tirole 2 Slides

Lecture Notes 5  (Ownership of Public Goods)

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