Abstract
In most countries the citizens desire lower unemployment. They also understand that this raises a problem of inflation and are consequently sympathetic to incomes policy. However, most actual incomes policies have collapsed – often after a period of success.
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 92(2) (1990), pp. 309–24. The authors are grateful to the Economic and Social Research Council and the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust for financial support.
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Jackman, R. (1999). The Real Effects of Tax-based Incomes Policies (1990). In: Tackling Unemployment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379206_19
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