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Economics of personnel : Edward P. Lazear, (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995) pp. 170, ISBN 0-262-12188-3, [UK pound] 19.95 (cloth)

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  • Arai, Mahmood, 1997. "Economics of personnel : Edward P. Lazear, (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995) pp. 170, ISBN 0-262-12188-3, [UK pound] 19.95 (cloth)," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(4), pages 419-423, December.
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