Asymmetric Information, Bargaining, and Unemployment Fluctuations
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Asymmetric Information, Bargaining, and Unemployment Fluctuations Author(s): Daron Acemoglu Source: International Economic Review, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Nov., 1995), pp. 1003-1024 Published by: Blackwell Publishing for the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and Institute of Social and Economic Research -Osaka University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2527270 Accessed: 11/02/2009 10:30
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