Contractual fragility, job destruction, and business cycles

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 873-911

  Ramey, Garey ^a   Watson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040058619     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555370     Document Type: Article

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