(What) do unions maximise? Evidence from survey data

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-298

  Gahan, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective action; Institutional economics; Rational choice theory; Trade union objectives

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION;

EID: 0036094245     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/26.3.279     Document Type: Article

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