A formal economic approach to the design of incentives and the selection and retention of personnel within organizations, including both classical and behavioral approaches. Includes static and dynamic principal-agent models with risk-neutral and risk-averse agents, the economics of tournaments and teams, multi-task agency problems, ratchet effects and career concerns. Optimal testing and monitoring of employees and efficiency wage models.

Prerequisites: Second year Ph.D. in Economics graduate student standing.

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ECON152 . Kuhn P J 4 Months Ago

Professor Kuhn is AWESOME. His econ 152 class is 10000% my favorite econ class I've taken in my 4 years at UCSB. Super interesting topic, great mix of real-world case studies and examining theories/graphs. He's super interested in the topic and great at teaching it. His class is graded on 9 MC quizzes, 10% each, drop 1, and 20% of grade for free

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ECON152 . Kuhn P J 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

I loved Kuhn! ECON 152 was by far my favorite (and easiest) econ class I've taken at UCSB. Given 20 free points and the rest of the grade is determined by weekly quizzes (if you go to section then you'll ace them). Kuhn gives you all the materials to succeed. I highly recommend taking his class!

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ECON152 . Kuhn P J 3 Years Ago

Peter Kuhn is awesome and a great teacher. I would highly recommend taking any class he teaches. Quizzes/tests will be somewhat challenging but not too difficult. You will definitely learn a lot!

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ECON152 . Kuhn P J 3 Years Ago

I wish that all UCSB economics professors were like him. He has a great structure and makes it so that lectures are very well explained and he does a great job explaining every variable in equations when a lot of other professors would just expect you to know leaving you lost. He has pre-recorded lectures and in-class allows you to pick.

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ECON152 . Kuhn P J 4 Years Ago

Not sure what he's like in person but zoom university he gives a 30 minute test on Tuesday and then for the other 45 mins of lecture time he will post up to 2.5 hours of recorded lectures. Im not quite sure how that math adds up but id say he's losing it. if you like professors to be normal and give a normal amount of work then wait for in person

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ECON152 . Kuhn P J 5 Years Ago

ECON 152 was by far the best/most interesting class I've taken at UCSB. Although attendance is not mandatory, I would highly recommended showing up to his class because the lectures are just that amazing!

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