The Market-Level Consequence of Uncontracted Effort
In a typical employment relationship, an employee's level of effort positively impacts the firm's profitability. However, it is often impossible for the firm to write a contract that perfectly specifies and enforces the exact level of effort required. Analyze how this contractual incompleteness leads to a situation where unemployment is a persistent feature of the labor market. In your answer, explain the role that the threat of job loss plays in motivating worker effort.
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