Firm heterogeneity and wages under different bargaining regimes: Does a centralised union care for low-productivity firms?

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 229, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 239-253

  Guertzgen, Nicole ^a  

^a Centre for European Economic Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linked employer employee data; Oligopoly; Union; Wage Setting stucture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350376865     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2009-2-310     Document Type: Article

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