The non-existence of the labor demand/supply diagram, and other theorems of institutional economics

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-299

  Kaufman, Bruce E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand and supply; Institutional economics; Perfect competition; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649099546     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-007-9037-7     Document Type: Article

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