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 that fulfill ”...
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Published in: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 13-2010) |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Work |
Language: | English |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2010
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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 acceptableto both firms and unions. |
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Physical Description: | 12 Pages |
ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0043 |