• Career concerns, monetary incentives and job design 

      Kaarbøe, Oddvar M.; Olsen, Trond E. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-12)
      We study optimal incentive contracts when commitments are limited, and agents have multiple tasks and career concerns. The agent career concerns are determined by the outside market. We show that the principal might want ...
    • Career concerns, multiple tasks, and short-term contracts 

      Kaarbøe, Oddvar M.; Olsen, Trond E. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      We study optimal incentive contracts when commitments are limited, and agents have multiple tasks and career concerns. The agent career concerns are determined by the outside market. We show that the optimal compensation ...
    • Distorted performance measures and dynamic incentives 

      Kaarbøe, Oddvar M.; Olsen, Trond E. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-12)
      Incentive contracts must typically be based on performance measures that do not exactly match agents' true contribution to principals' objectives. Such misalignment may impose difficulties for effective incentive design. ...
    • Høye underskudd og høy produktivitet, er det mulig? : en analyse av Helse Sør RHFs regnskapsmessige resultat og kostnadseffektivitet 

      Bjørnenak, Trond; Nyland, Kari; Kaarbøe, Oddvar M. (Rapport, Research report, 2007-03)
    • Is there a demand response by patients in primary care? 

      Holmås, Tor Helge; Kaarbøe, Oddvar M. (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-11)
      We test whether a demand response by patients exists in the Norwegian primary care sector. In Norway, physicians are remunerated either by salary or by incentive contract, and we have access to a large data survey that ...
    • Prioriteringspraksis før og etter sykehusreformen 

      Askildsen, Jan Erik; Holmås, Tor Helge; Kaarbøe, Oddvar M. (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2007-03)
      Dette notatet dokumenter resultater fra ett av flere arbeider som hadde som formål å evaluere effekter av sykehusreformen. Målet med reformen, som ble gjennomført fra 1. januar 2002, var å legge grunnlaget for en helhetlig ...