Do unions make enterprises insolvent?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 510-527

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,c   Kleiner, Morris M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/001979399905200401     Document Type: Article

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