Adjustment Costs in Factor Demand

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1264-1292

  Hamermesh, Daniel S ^a,b   Pfann, Gerard A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Centre for Economic Policy Research

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