Binary payment schemes: Moral hazard and loss aversion

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2451-2477

  Herweg, Fabian ^a   Müller, Daniel ^a   Weinschenk, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

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EID: 78650436281     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.5.2451     Document Type: Article

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