Is there discretion in wage setting? a test using takeover legislation

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 535-554

  Bertrand, Marianne ^a   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a  

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EID: 0033446833     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2556062     Document Type: Article

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