Long-term employment relationships by credible commitments: The Carl Zeis foundation

Rationality and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-306

  Abraham, Martin ^a   Prosch, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employment relationship; Foundation; Game theory; Private institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034345518     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346300012003002     Document Type: Article

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