Psychological foundations of incentives

European Economic Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 687-724

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Falk, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contracts; Incentives; Intrinsic motivation; Reciprocity; Social approval; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; INCENTIVE;

EID: 0036264511     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00208-2     Document Type: Article

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