Anderhub, Vital; Gächter, Simon; Königstein, Manfred - 1999
the terms of the contract. However, in contrast with economic predictions, we find that agents (i) reject 'unfair … contracts' and that (ii) given acceptance, their effort choices are to some extent driven by reciprocity. It seems that contract … design has to regard an equity constraint that has so far been neglected by contract theory. In fact, most contract offers …