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Confronted with a renewed fall in the rupiah, on eight October 1997 the Indonesian Government approached the International Monetary Fund for financial help. This year was sure to be considered one of some political rigidity in Indonesia as a result of the country was because of undergo the five-yearly course of of selecting a President. But the sudden appearance of extreme economic problems in Indonesia has combined with the uncertainty brought on by the presidential succession to become a political and economic crisis of main proportions. Even before economic troubles developed, there have been clear indicators of growing discontent with President Soeharto’s Government.

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This paper examines whether imperfect competitors in product markets has contributed to unemployment issues in industrial economies. Microeconometric evidence on the origin and extent of product market energy and the diploma to which these rents are captured by workers is surveyed. Product market imperfections seem widespread and, though massive deviations of price from marginal value appear shortlived, many companies enjoy persistently high returns for lengthy intervals. Wages are partially decided by lease sharing but this phenomenon just isn’t solely confined to the union sector. The implication is that reductions in product market imperfections would increase employment.

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