316-330 Organisations, Economics and Incentives

Availability

Not offered in 2004.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject examines applications of tools of asymmetric information, incentives, incomplete contracts and organisational design. Specific topics include compensation and motivation - principles of incentive pay; corporate governance - the economics of executive and management remuneration; ownership and corporate control - the economics of firm size, takeovers and financial structure; ownership and incentives - analysis of asset ownership and privatisation; and incentives and regulation - economic principles of firm regulation and the interaction between business and government.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester exam (80%) and assignments totalling not more than 2000 words (20%).



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