Optimal employment security: The benefits of labor market "imperfections"

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-71

  Parkin, Richard J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030352163     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01603477.1996.11490096     Document Type: Article

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