ECO381 - Personnel Economics

Announcements

Grades for the course work are now posted. Please check your grades and report any discrepancies.
The final exam is scheduled for June 30, 2011, from 6:00-8:00 PM, in Bahen Centre BA 2175. The final exam is cumulative, as it includes all material up to and including June 23. Please read the syllabus to find out what sections are required readings.
Last update: June 29, 2011.

Course Material

Date	Topic	Readings	Assignments	Notes
May 17	Introduction	Review Material
May 19	Basic Incentive Contract		Assignment 1	Corrections
May 24	Incentives and Insurance		Assignment 2	Corrections
May 26	Risk Averse Agent	Garibaldi	Assignment 3
May 31	Risk Neutral Agent	Lazear Shearer*	Assignment 4
June 2				Midterm 1
June 7	Multiple Signals	Milgrom Gibbons and Murphy*	Assignment 5
June 9	Multiple Tasks	Milgrom Hannaway*	Assignment 6
June 14	Subjective Evaluation	Bol Kerr*	Assignment 7
June 16	Teams	Lazear Knez and Simester*	Assignment 8	Midterm 2
June 21	Tournaments	Lazear Becker and Huselid*	Assignment 9
June 23	Dynamic Contracts	Lazear Gunderson and Pesando*	Assignment 10