Employment protection and product market competition

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-352

  Kessing, Sebastian G ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

All pay auction; Contests; Employment protection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FIRM SIZE; LABOR POLICY;

EID: 33746495164     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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