A dynamic contracting model for wages and employment in three European economies

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 429-448

  De La Croix, David ^a   Palm, Franz C ^b   Pfann, Gerard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; Efficient bargaining; GMM; Habit formation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT COSTS; EFFICIENT BARGAINING; HABIT FORMATION; MODELLING APPROACH; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EUROPE, (WEST);

EID: 0030463555     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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