Subjective performance evaluations and reciprocity in principal-agent relations
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- Alexander Sebald & Markus Walzl, 2014. "Subjective Performance Evaluations and Reciprocity in Principal–Agent Relations," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 116(2), pages 570-590, April.
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Keywords
Contracts; Subjective Performance Evaluations; Reciprocity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2012-09-03 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2012-09-03 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2012-09-03 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2012-09-03 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-SOC-2012-09-03 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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