主题｜Topic：Matching with Peer Monitoring
时间｜Time：9月20号（周五）｜Sep. 20th (Friday), 2:00-4:30PM
地点｜Venue：文澴楼709会议室｜Meeting Room 709，WENHUAN
主讲｜Speaker
陈斌博士现为中山大学管理学院副教授，主要研究领域为契约理论及其应用。近五年来，他已在Economic Journal，Management Science，Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization，International Journal of Industrial Organization，Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics，International Journal of Economic Theory，Journal of Regional Science，Regional Science and Urban Economics，China Economic Review等国际期刊以及《经济研究》等国内期刊发表文章十余篇。
研究领域｜Research Interests
契约理论及其应用
摘要｜Abstract
Evidence for positive peer effects in production has been well-documented in empirical studies, and these effects are found to be more significant in teams composed of members with heterogeneous abilities. By modelling peer effect as mutual monitoring between members, we show that the total agency cost is minimized by maximizing skill diversities in the teams. This result provides a novel explanation for why worker heterogeneity can strengthen peer effects. Given any pool of agents, the optimal job and team design involve assigning agents with extreme abilities into teams using negative sorting, while leaving agents with intermediate abilities to work independently.
