Moral hazard, incentive contracts, and risk: Evidence from procurement

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1201-1228

  Lewis, Gregory ^a   Bajari, Patrick ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentive contracts; Moral hazard; Procurement

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMETRICS; INCENTIVE; LABOR MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; WORKING CONDITIONS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905179793     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdu002     Document Type: Article

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