Dias comments on Human Capital Contracts - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Dias 10 March 2015 01:21AM

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Comment author: djm 10 March 2015 11:19:15AM 1 point [-]

I like this idea, but it could be subject to abuse - a brilliant engineering student may get a large upfront finance then suddenly change course and decide to be part time artist.

Comment author: Dias 10 March 2015 11:45:56PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, good point. You could address this through contingencies - have it be part of the contract that you had to carry on in engineering - but I expect investors would simply have to take the hit. This is basically the issue I was talking about in the section on Adverse Selection.