Ownership, firm size and rent sharing in Bulgaria

Labour Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-189

  Dobbelaere, Sabien ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulgarian labour market; Firm size; Foreign ownership; Panel data; Rent sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342306159     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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