The Impact of Incentive Pay on Corporate Crime

This paper presents a moral hazard model analyzing the agent's incentive to commit corporate crime. The principal can only observe profits which the agent can increase by committing crime or exerting effort. It is shown how different incentive contracts, i.e., thresholdlinear, capped bonus...

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Publicado en:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 52-2017)
Autor principal: Herold, Daniel
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017
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Sumario:This paper presents a moral hazard model analyzing the agent's incentive to commit corporate crime. The principal can only observe profits which the agent can increase by committing crime or exerting effort. It is shown how different incentive contracts, i.e., thresholdlinear, capped bonus and linear contracts, can be adjusted in order to promote agent's law abiding behavior. Any adjustment implies a loss in internal efficiency which decreases in individual sanctions imposed on the agent.
Descripción Física:34 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0549