Does internationalization affect union bargaining power? An empirical study for five EU countries

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-102

  Dumont, Michel ^a   Rayp, Glenn ^b   Willemé, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Federal Planning Bureau   (Belgium)

Author keywords

J51; JEL classification: F16

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; TRADE UNION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 30744432101     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi052     Document Type: Article

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