Human capital investment under asymmetric information: The Pigovian conjecture revisited

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-519

  Chang, Chun ^a   Wang, Yijiang ^a  

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EID: 0030538067     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209820     Document Type: Article

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