Labor market equilibria under limited liability |
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Authors: | Ivan E Brick Ephraim F Sudit |
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Institution: | Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper explores the impact of limited liability on labor market equilibria. Assuming risk-neutrality, the effect of limited liability on production decisions is neutral. It is demonstrated that neutrality of the production decision will not hold under safety-first type of risk aversion. In particular limited liability generally decreases usage of capital. The changes in the quality of labor depend on the magnitude of complementarity between capital and labor and on whether the output clasticity of labor is greater or less than unity. Hence it is possible for limited liability to decrease the usage of labor and capital and hence reduce output. |
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