Currency devaluation in an open-shop union

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-74

  Lai, Ching Chong ^a   Chang, Juin Jen ^b   Chang, Wen Ya ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Currency devaluation; F31; J51; Open shop union; Wage employment bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042762083     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-0560(00)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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