Wage inflation and labour unions in EMU

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 601-622

  Johnston, Alison ^a   Hancké, Bob ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central banks; Dual sector economy; EMU; Inflation; Trade unions; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449585377     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760902872742     Document Type: Article

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