Unions and profits: A meta-regression analysis 1

Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-184

  Doucouliagos, Hristos ^a   Laroche, Patrice ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADE UNION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749115660     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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