Social Pressure Influences Decisions of Individuals: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees
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principal-agent relationship; favoritism; personnel economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J00 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - General
- M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-SPO-2005-05-23 (Sports and Economics)
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