Regulation or markets? The case of employment contracts

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-46

  MacLeod, W Bentley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION; EMPLOYMENT, LABOR AND WAGE; LEGAL RIGHTS; MARKET; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 27844472693     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/51.1.1     Document Type: Review

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