Procurement contracting with time incentives: Theory and evidence

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1173-1211

  Lewis, Gregory ^a,b   Bajari, Patrick ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DESIGN; INCENTIVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 80052745512     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr026     Document Type: Article

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