Unionisation structures and innovation incentives

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 494, 2004, Pages

  Haucap, Justus ^a,b   Wey, Christian ^c,d,e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LABOR POLICY; TRADE UNION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 1842781117     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2004.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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