Labour market institutions and economic performance in the Netherlands

International Economic Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-196

  Delsen, Lei ^a   Poutsma, Erik ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporatism; Economic performance; Netherlands; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015716374     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730500080576     Document Type: Article

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