Unions: Rent creators or extractors?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-121

  Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard ^a   Sena, Vania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraction; Product market competition; Rent creation; Unions

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; RENT SEEKING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE UNION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 17844395216     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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