Some time ago, I applied Dukefield’s Law — “If a thing is worth winning, it’s worth cheating for” — to the problem of incentive-management systems such as high-stakes school testing programs. Now, with a helpful hint from Glenn Loury, I’ve formulated that problem in the context of principal/agent theory.
No paper yet, but if you happen to be in Los Angeles with a couple of hours to kill tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, I’ll be giving a lecture on the topic as part of the Marschak Colloquim series.
Anderson School Room C-301, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Here’s the announcement, with an abstract.
