Responsibility and effort in an experimental labor market

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-384

  Charness, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

A13; C91; D63; Experiment; Generosity; J20; J52; Responsibility; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000859897     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(00)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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