Publication bias in union-productivity research?

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Doucouliagos, Hristos ^a   Laroche, Patrice ^b   Stanley, T D ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 24344457112     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/011724ar     Document Type: Review

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