Why not cut pay?

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3-5, 1998, Pages 459-490

  Bewley, Truman F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Labor; Layoffs; Recession; Salaries; Unemployment; Wage rigidity; Wage stickiness; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345086567     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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