Carrot or stick? Contract frame and use of decision-influencing information in a principal-agent setting

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 709-733

  Frederickson, James R ^a   Waller, William ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 28744438934     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2005.00187.x     Document Type: Review

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