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Observable Effort

Observable Effort is an economic concept in the theory of incomplete contracts denoting a principal’s verifiable and contractible measure of an agent’s input or performance that can be monitored and enforced without reliance on subjective or non-contractible outcomes.

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2017–2026

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Verifiable Effort

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Publications

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Monitoring Agents with Other Agents

Hal R. Varian · Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 1989 · 543 citations · Full text

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<scp>Work‐from‐anywhere</scp> : The productivity effects of geographic flexibility

Prithwiraj Choudhury, Cirrus Foroughi, Barbara Larson · Strategic Management Journal · 2020 · 538 citations

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Coordinating Contracts for Decentralized Supply Chains with Retailer Promotional Effort

Harish Krishnan, Roman Kapuściński, David A. Butz · Management Science · 2004 · 441 citations

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Contractual Form, Retail Price, and Asset Characteristics in Gasoline Retailing

Andrea Shepard · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1993 · 296 citations

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Optimal Contracts for Teams

R. Preston McAfee, John McMillan · International Economic Review · 1991 · 235 citations

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Authors

48

  1. MJ
    Marcel Jansen

    IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Germany

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  2. JC
    James Costain

    Bank of Spain, Spain

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  3. RK
    Roman Kapuściński

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 465 citations

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  4. DA
    David A. Butz

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 465 citations

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  5. CL
    Cuihong Li

    University of Connecticut, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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Institutions

32

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    74 citations

  2. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  3. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    107 citations

  4. Bank of Spain

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  5. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  6. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    882 citations

  8. Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

    Queens Village, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    130 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 110 citations

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  2. Management Science

    3 publications · 535 citations

    3

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  3. Oxford Economic Papers

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. International Economic Review

    1 publications · 235 citations

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  5. Journal of Dental Education

    1 publications · 19 citations

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