Why are German employers associations declining?: Arguments and evidence

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1433-1459

  Silvia, Stephen J ^a   Schroeder, Wolfgang ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Firm strategy; Labor management relations; Legal institutions; Market structure; Other economic systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748966673     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006293444     Document Type: Article

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