Europe vs America: Institutional hysteresis in a simple normative model

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2161-2186

  Di Tella, Rafael ^a   MacCulloch, Robert ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Labor market institutions; Optimal unemployment benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749390806     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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