Reciprocity and wage undercutting

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 1069-1078

  Dufwenberg, Martin ^a   Kirchsteiger, Georg ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Reciprocity; Unemployment; Wage underbidding

Indexed keywords

UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 0034044778     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00047-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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