Rent Rigidity, asymmetric information, and volatility bounds in labor markets

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-596

  Brügemann, Björn ^a   Moscarini, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nber ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Rent rigidity; Unemployment fluctuations; Volatility bound; Wage bargaining; Wage rigidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953689300     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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