Observability and overcoming coordination failure in organizations: An experimental study

Experimental Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-423

  Brandts, Jordi ^a   Cooper, David J ^b  

^a Barcelona)   (Spain)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Experiments; Incentives; Observation; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845602603     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-006-7056-5     Document Type: Article

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