Performance pay and productivity

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1346-1361

  Lazear, Edward P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001093750     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1346     Document Type: Article

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