Social Welfare versus Inequality Concerns in an Incomplete Contract Experiment
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experiments; incomplete contracts; relationship-specific investment; allocation of power; social preferences;All these keywords.
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- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
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