Unions and profitability over the 1980s: Some evidence on union-firm bargaining in the United Kingdom

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 442, 1997, Pages 651-670

  Aquino Menezes Filho, Naercio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; UNION-FIRM BARGAINING; UNIONISED FIRM;

UK;

EID: 0030867592     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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