Are judges biased by labor market conditions?

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 913-944

  Ichino, Andrea ^a,b,c   Polo, Michele ^d,e   Rettore, Enrico ^f  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conflict resolutions; Firing costs; Internal labor relations

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LABOR MARKET; LEGISLATION;

EID: 0141521854     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00269-6     Document Type: Article

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