Wage, effort and principal payoffs in the bonus–incentive treatment without reputation
| Panel A | Panel B | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus contract | Incentive contract | ||||||||||
| Wage offer | Reputation | No. of offers | P’s payoff | e=1 | e>1 | No. of rejections | No. of offers | P’s payoff | e<e* | e⩾e* | No. of rejections |
| w<5 | Without | 33 | 6.73 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| With | 14 | 3.79 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Medium 5⩽w⩽10 | Without | 45 | 8.31 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 9 | −0.11 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| With | 41 | 18.44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 10.67 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
| High 10<w | Without | 7 | 21.14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| With | 35 | 25.62 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 11.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| All | Without | 85 | 36.19 | 62 | 10 | 13 | 15 | −3.61 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| With | 90 | 47.85 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 30 | 21.87 | 14 | 6 | 7 | |
| Panel A | Panel B | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus contract | Incentive contract | ||||||||||
| Wage offer | Reputation | No. of offers | P’s payoff | No. of rejections | No. of offers | P’s payoff | No. of rejections | ||||
| Without | 33 | 6.73 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| With | 14 | 3.79 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Medium | Without | 45 | 8.31 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 9 | −0.11 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| With | 41 | 18.44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 10.67 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
| High | Without | 7 | 21.14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| With | 35 | 25.62 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 11.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| All | Without | 85 | 36.19 | 62 | 10 | 13 | 15 | −3.61 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| With | 90 | 47.85 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 30 | 21.87 | 14 | 6 | 7 | |
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