The fixed wage puzzle: why profit sharing is so hard to implement

It is well known that profit sharing arrangements Pareto-dominate fixed wage contracts. Share agreements are (far) less than ubiquitous, however. This paper offers a solution of this "fixed wage puzzle“ by adopting a perspective of bounded rationality. We show that share arrangements...

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Main Authors: Jerger, Jürgen 1965- (Author), Michaelis, Jochen 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Regensburg Osteuropa-Inst. April 2010
Series:Arbeiten aus dem Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg Nr. 283
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:It is well known that profit sharing arrangements Pareto-dominate fixed wage contracts. Share agreements are (far) less than ubiquitous, however. This paper offers a solution of this "fixed wage puzzle“ by adopting a perspective of bounded rationality. We show that share arrangements that fulfill "plausible“ constraints are not generally acceptable to both firms and unions.
Physical Description:7 S.
ISBN:9783938980323

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