The demand for job protection. Some clues from behavioural economics

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-114

  D'Orlando, Fabio ^a   Ferrante, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Employment protection legislation; Endowment effect; Hedonic adaptation; Loss aversion; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649217844     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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