Gaming against managers in incentive systems: Experimental results with chinese students and chinese managers

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 781-804

  Cooper, David J ^a   Kagel, John H ^b   Lo, Wei ^c   Gu, Qing Liang ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0001556911     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.4.781     Document Type: Article

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