Search Theory: The 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-259

  Albrecht, James ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Search; Unemployment; Wage dispersion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; SURVEY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 79956277439     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2011.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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