Innovation, endogenous overinvestment, and incentive pay

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 881-904

  Inderst, Roman ^a   Klein, Manuel ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSEAD ^*

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EID: 41749112476     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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