What effect does uncertainty have on the length of labor contracts?

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-201

  Murphy, Kevin J ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C30; Contract duration; Efficient risk sharing; J50; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042686668     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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