Incentives and transactions costs within the firm: Estimating an agency model using payroll records

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-338

  Ferrall, Christopher ^a   Shearer, Bruce ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0004051371     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937X.00089     Document Type: Article

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