Effort and comparison income: Experimental and survey evidence

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-426

  Clark, Andrew E ^a   Masclet, David ^b   Villeval, Marie Claire ^c  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b CIRANO   (Canada)

^c GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

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EID: 77951064858     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391006300303     Document Type: Article

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