Incentives in merchant empires: Portuguese and Dutch compensation schemes
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- Claudia Rei, 2011. "Incentives in Merchant Empires: Portuguese and Dutch Compensation Schemes," Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers 1112, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics.
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Merchant empires; Labor compensation; Monitoring;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
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