Subject Area

Economics

Abstract

In this thesis, I use both theoretical and experimental methods to investigate incentive mechanisms of the sort commonly used by firms and governments. I have finished three chapters, two of which focus on how firms choose the appropriate incentive mechanisms to motivate their employees and the other one investigates how governments design mechanisms to improve social welfare. Chapter two provides a novel explanations why stock options are widely used in executive incentive contracts. Chapter three titled ``Ask Your Workers to Report Frequently, But Not Too Often'' studies how having employees reporting their progress to supervisors affects the employees' work effort. Chapter four entitled ``Arbitrage Opportunities: Anatomy and Remediation'' (jointly with Peter Bossaerts and Jason Shachat) introduces a experiment design to investigate how to eliminate persistent arbitrage opportunities in asset markets by regulating or deregulating market restrains.

Degree Date

Winter 12-2019

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Economics

Advisor

Tim Salmon

Second Advisor

Bo Chen

Third Advisor

Saltuk Ozerturk

Fourth Advisor

Danila Serra

Number of Pages

126

Format

.pdf

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