Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Dynamic Labour Demand with
Lumpy and Kinked
Adjustment Costs
Paola Rota*
NOTA DI LAVORO 20.2001
APRIL 2001
ETA – Economic Theory and Applications
*University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Note di Lavoro Series Index:
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Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection:
http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Corso Magenta, 63, 20123 Milano, tel. +39/02/52036934 – fax +39/02/52036946
E-mail: [email protected]
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