The lure of authority: Motivation and incentive effects of power

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1325-1359

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Herz, Holger ^a   Wilkening, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84879181059     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.4.1325     Document Type: Review

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