Scale effects in markets with search

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 508, 2006, Pages 21-44

  Petrongolo, Barbara ^a   Pissarides, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; SCALE EFFECT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33645932310     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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