How does product market competition shape incentive contracts?

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1058-1082

  Cuñat, Vicente ^a   Guadalupe, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

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EID: 34547404042     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1542476054729437     Document Type: Article

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