Rent-sharing, holdup, and wages: Evidence from matched panel data

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-111

  Card, David ^a   Devicienti, Francesco ^b   Maida, Agata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hold up; Job match effects; Rent sharing

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; PANEL DATA; WAGE;

ITALY; VENETO;

EID: 84893400675     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdt030     Document Type: Article

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