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The Hidden Action Problem and Efficiency Wages

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One of the most important issues in economics is that of unemployment. Why does the labour market fail to clear? A potential answer to this question is provided by the idea of efficiency wages.1

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© 1997 Brian Hillier

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Hillier, B. (1997). The Hidden Action Problem and Efficiency Wages. In: The Economics of Asymmetric Information. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25485-9_9

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