Is monopsony the right way to model labor markets? A review of Alan Manning's Monopsony in Motion

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-378

  Kuhn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Labor markets; Monopsony; Search; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844224450     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357151042000286456     Document Type: Article

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