Why aren't all truck drivers owner-operators? Asset ownership and the employment relation in interstate for-hire trucking

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-118

  Nickerson, Jack A ^a   Silverman, Brian S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0037340831     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105864003321220742     Document Type: Article

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