Collective bargaining in the public sector and the role of budget determination

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-99

  Falch, Torberg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contract curve; H77; Hierarchies; J45; J51; Public sector labor market; Sequential bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041908372     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(00)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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