Relational contracts and inequity aversion
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Keywords
principal-agent; relational contract; inequity aversion; envy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-01-14 (Business Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2007-01-14 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-UPT-2007-01-14 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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