Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:1) Consider observable effort. Assume that if the Agent does not accept the wage the
Principal offers his outside option gives him a net utility of v =2. The probability of
high profit under e=1 is %, the probability of high profit under low effort is 1/4.
Calculate the minimum wage that the agent will accept to work and supply the asked
effort when the Principal asks him to supply e=0, and e=1. Let us call these wages
wo and wi. Now, assume that instead of offering him a flat wage, the Principal is
offering the agent a wage schedule (, w) where the agent receives when the
(gross) profit is High and w when the (gross) profit is low. Calculate all the lowest
cost wage schedules the agent will accept to supply e=1, and e=D0. Does the
principal's expected net profit change when he pays the minimum cost wage
schedule instead of the flat wage minimum cost wage? Explain the intuition for your
answer.
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