The free rider problem and a social custom model of trade union membership

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 253-261

  Booth, Alison L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001245240     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1885744     Document Type: Article

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