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Implicit Contracts in the Japanese Bank Loan Market

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Hiroshi Osano  and
Yoshiro Tsutsui
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The implicit contract theory explored by Azariadis [2] suggests that wage rigidity and underemployment are explained by the microeconomic optimizing behavior of each agent in the labor market. In this theory, the former phenomenon is interpreted as risk-sharing arrangements between firms and workers, whereas the latter may occur when workers have the opportunity to use leisure or unemployment insurance benefits.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 211 - 229
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1985

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