A question of incentive? Lionel Robbins and Dennis H. Robertson on the nature and determinants of the supply of labour

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-278

  Spencer, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disutility; Incentives; Labour supply; Robbins; Robertson

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744433687     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672560500112702     Document Type: Article

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