Limited commitment models of the labour market

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 750-773

  Thomas, Jonathan P ^a   Worrall, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Labour contracts; Self enforcing contracts; Un employment

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; BUSINESS CYCLE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 35748982457     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00440.x     Document Type: Review

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