Will only an earthquake shake up economics?

International Labour Review

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-206

  Schettkat, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

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EID: 84880019104     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2010.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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