Björn Brügemann

28 Hillhouse Ave, Rm. 305
Tel: (203)432-6217
Fax: (203)432-5779
E-mail:
bjoern.bruegemann@yale.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Economics
Yale University
P.O. Box 208268
New Haven, CT 06520-8268

Curriculum Vitae

Papers:

• "Does Employment Protection Create Its Own Political Support?" , (this version: November 2007)
• "Rent Rigidity, Asymmetric Information, and Volatility Bounds in Labor Markets", with Giuseppe Moscarini, (this version: March 2007)
• "Trade Integration and the Political Support for Labor Market Rigidity", (first version: December 2003)

Research in Progress:

• "Empirical Implications of Joint Wealth Maximizing Turnover", (January 2008)
• "The Joint Effect of Firing Costs on Employment and Productivity in Search and Matching Models", (October 2006)
• "Unions, Deunionization and Changing Wage Inequality", (2001)

Publications:

• "Employment Protection: Tough to Scrap or Tough to Get?",  (2007) Economic Journal 117: F386-F415