3 papers
econ.TH2025
Task assignment as dynamic incentives
Yonghang Ji, Allen Vong
We study repeated task assignment as an instrument for providing effort incentives. Unlike traditional incentive instruments, assignment of a task both determines who produces and…
econ.TH2025
Dynamic Correlation as an Incentive Device
Allen Vong
I introduce dynamic correlation as an incentive instrument to address moral hazard. A firm mediates interactions between a long-lived worker and short-lived clients. I show that op…
econ.TH2025
Reputational cheap talk: influentialness and welfare
Allen Vong
A sender communicates private information about a hidden state to a receiver who seeks to match his action to that state. The sender strives to appear informed at the receiver's ex…