Product market competition, job security, and aggregate employment

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-686

  Amable, Bruno ^a   Gatti, Donatella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LABOR MARKET; MODELING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 6344237309     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpf068     Document Type: Article

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