Other-Regarding Preferences with Peer Workers in Labor Markets: An Experimental Investigation
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Keywords
Peer Effects; Incomplete Contracts; Other-Regarding Behavior; Gift Exchange; Experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2010-05-02 (Experimental Economics)
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