Wage formation under union threat effects: Theory and empirical evidence

Labour Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-292

  Corneo, Giacomo ^a   Lucifora, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Union threat; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031232084     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(96)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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