Estimating labor demand with fixed costs

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-48

  Rota, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

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EID: 1642406719     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00116.x     Document Type: Review

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