The hidden costs of control

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1611-1630

  Falk, Armin ^a   Kosfeld, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33847627576     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1611     Document Type: Article

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