Author(s):	Petra Nieken, Patrick W. Schmitz
Publication Date:	February 2011
Keyword(s):	Laboratory experiment, Repeated moral hazard, Sequential hidden actions
JEL(s):	D82, J33
Programme Areas:	Industrial Organization
Link to this Page:	cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8241

This paper reports data from a laboratory experiment on two-period moral hazard problems. The findings corroborate the contract-theoretic insight that even though the periods are technologically unrelated, due to incentive considerations principals may prefer to offer contracts with memory.