The Wage Policy of a Firm

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 921-955

  Baker, George ^a   Gibbs, Michael ^b   Holmstrom, Bengt ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 21844514180     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118352     Document Type: Article

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