Moral Hazard, transaction costs and the reform of public service employment relations

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-400

  Bordogna, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dip Studi Del Lavoro e Del Welfare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employment relations; European countries; New Public Management; Public sector restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649149513     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680108097492     Document Type: Article

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