The positive economics of unemployment and labor market inflexibility

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Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-613

  Berthold, Norbert ^a   Fehn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0009878877     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1996.tb02075.x     Document Type: Article

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