TEAM INCENTIVES: EVIDENCE FROM A FIRM LEVEL EXPERIMENT

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1079-1114

  Bandiera, Oriana ^a   Barankay, Iwan ^b   Rasul, Imran ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D23; J33; M52

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883754996     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12028     Document Type: Article

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