Interdependent preferences and segregating equilibria

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-113

  Cabrales, Antonio ^a   Calvó Armengol, Antoni ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contract theory; Envy; Mechanism design; Skill segregation; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949128723     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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