Do Incentive Contracts Crowd out Voluntary Cooperation?
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- Fehr, Ernst & Gächter, Simon, 2001. "Do Incentive Contracts Crowd Out Voluntary Cooperation?," CEPR Discussion Papers 3017, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
Incentive contracts; reciprocity; incomplete contracts; voluntary cooperation; experiments;JEL classification:
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2000-05-08 (All new papers)
- NEP-EXP-2000-05-08 (Experimental Economics)
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- NEP-IND-2000-05-08 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-REG-2000-05-08 (Regulation)
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