Employers and the persistence of centralized wage setting: The case of Norway

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 995-1026

  Bowman, John R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0036032023     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001041402237504     Document Type: Article

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