TY - JOUR AB - Analysis of management compensation has focused on the principal — agent problem. We address the problem confronting owners who must choose a manager without knowing the productivity of individual managers. We find performance contingent contracts may result in a separating equilibrium in which high productivity managers accept contracts low productivity managers find unacceptable. VL - 18 IS - 2 SN - 1086-7376 DO - 10.1108/eb028744 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028744 AU - Chopin Marc C. AU - Schulman Craig T. PY - 1997 Y1 - 1997/01/01 TI - PERFORMANCE PAY AS A SCREENING DEVICE T2 - Studies in Economics and Finance PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 94 EP - 108 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -