The effect of competition on wages and productivity: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-146

  Symeonidis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38749154833     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.1.134     Document Type: Article

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