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Optimal task assignments with loss-averse agents.

This paper studies optimal task assignments in a setting where agents are expectation-based loss averse according to Köszegi and Rabin (2006, 2007) and are compensated according to an aggregated performance measure in which tasks are technologically independent. We show that the optimal task assignm...

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Published in:European Economic Review Vol. 105; pp. 1 - 27
Main Author: Balmaceda, Felipe
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Jun2018
Subjects:
Task performance
Loss aversion
Computer multitasking
Conjoint analysis
Economic specialization
Direct costing
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost