Insider power and wage setting in transition: Evidence from a panel of large Polish firms, 1988-1994

European Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 1137-1147

  Grosfeld, Irena ^a   Nivet, Jean François ^b  

^a DELTA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Enterprise behaviour; Insider effects; Panel data; Privatization; Transition

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRIVATIZATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

POLAND;

EID: 0032780177     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00121-4     Document Type: Article

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