Separating real incentives and accountability

Experimental Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-518

  Vieider, Ferdinand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; Anchoring and adjustment; Experimental economics; External validity; Framing effects; Internal validity; Real v. hypothetical incentives; Simple and compound events

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255122699     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-011-9279-3     Document Type: Article

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