Estimation of price-cost margins and union bargaining power for Belgian manufacturing

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1381-1398

  Dobbelaere, Sabien ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficient bargaining; Market power; Price cost margins; Workers' bargaining power

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL;

EFFICIENT BARGAINING; MARKET POWER; PRICE-COST MARGINS; WORKERS' BARGAINING POWER;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 15844393089     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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