Contracts, Hold-Up and Labor Markets.

The implications for labor markets of contracts to avoid hold-up of investments are assessed. Employment at will protects the returns on a firm's general and specific investments without wages increasing with tenure. With turnover costs, fixed but renegotiable wages can protect general investme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malcomson, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences (University of Southampton) 1997