Multiple equilibria and minimum wages in labor markets with informational frictions and heterogeneous production technologies

International Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1337-1357

  Van den Berg, Gerard J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0345411972     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00112     Document Type: Article

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