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The effects of performance separability and contract type on agent effort /

This dissertation reports the results of an experiment on the influence of performance separability and contract type on the effort levels of subjects working in an environment characterized by team effects. It is demonstrated that the principal can achieve improvements in productivity through the c...

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Main Author:	Rankin, Frederick W.
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
Subjects:	Major accounting.
Online Access:	http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=730340271&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=2945&RQT=309&VName=PQD

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