The effects of tax increases on negotiated wage increases in the Canadian private sector

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1495-1503

  Prescott, David ^a   Wilton, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIVATE SECTOR; TAX INCREASE; WAGE SETTLEMENT; WAGES IMPACT;

CANADA;

EID: 0030441718     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496327480     Document Type: Article

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