Managerial rewards and the behavior of for-profit, governmental, and nonprofit organizations: Evidence from the hospital industry

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1895-1920

  Ballou, Jeffrey P ^a   Weisbrod, Burton A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative institutional form; Incentives; Nonprofit; Organization behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141761218     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00224-9     Document Type: Article

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