Wages and politics: Evidence from the Norwegian public sector

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 311-331

  Johansen, Kåre ^a   Strøm, Bjarne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0035639184     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00223     Document Type: Article

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