Incentive Contracts
Working Paper 1917
DOI 10.3386/w1917
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Labor relations involve incentive problems. The market solves these problems by developing a variety of institutions. This paper describes and assesses the various forms of incentive contracts.
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Copy CitationEdward P. Lazear, "Incentive Contracts," NBER Working Paper 1917 (1986), https://doi.org/10.3386/w1917.
Published Versions
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. vol.2,pp. 744-748, ed. John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman. The Macmillan Press Limited London, 1987
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