Efficiency concerns and incentive provision - An experimental study

Economics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-341

  Morgenstern, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incentives; Responsibility alleviation; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942540758     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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