Fixed Wages or Productivity Pay: Evidence from 15 EU Countries

Small Business Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-204

  Cowling, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035628760     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011106420779     Document Type: Article

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