Contracting out, public policy and entrepreneurship

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-144

  Parker, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MINIMUM WAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SUBCONTRACTING;

EID: 77951592349     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2010.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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