Politics in wage setting: Does government colour matter?

Economics of Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-109

  Johansen, Kåre ^a   Mydland, Ørjan ^a   Strøm, Bjarne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Political regime; Time series analysis; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846948925     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-006-0029-5     Document Type: Article

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