Superstars and mediocrities: Market failure in the discovery of talent

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 829-850

  Terviö, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 64149112040     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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