Incentives and Careers in Organizations
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- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
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