Minimum wages and welfare in a Hotelling duopsony

Economic Theory

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-188

  Kaas, Leo ^a   Madden, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duopsony; Hotelling; Minimum wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952426514     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-008-0412-2     Document Type: Article

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