Do piece rates influence effort choices? Evidence from stadium vendors

Economics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-123

  Oettinger, Gerald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand conditions; Effort choice; J33; Piece rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035618457     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00472-4     Document Type: Article

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