Job protection laws and agency problems under asymmetric information

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1027-1046

  Schmitz, Patrick W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment protection; Job security; Labor market rigidities

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR POLICY; LEGISLATION; PROFITABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 3242740434     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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