How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?
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- Fehr, Ernst & Hart, Oliver & Zehnder, Christian, 2011. "How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?," IZA Discussion Papers 6095, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Ernst Fehr & Oliver Hart & Christian Zehnder, 2011. "How do informal agreements and renegotiation shape contractual reference points?," ECON - Working Papers 043, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
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JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2011-11-07 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2011-11-07 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2011-11-07 (Microeconomics)
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