To match or not to match? Optimal wage policy with endogenous worker search intensity

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-330

  Postel Vinay, Fabien ^a,c,d   Robin, Jean Marc ^b,c,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c CREST   (France)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labor market frictions; Moral hazard; Search intensity; Wage policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842660873     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-2025(03)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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