Outsourcing and unionization: A tale of misallocated (Resistance) resources

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 460-482

  Magnani, Elisabetta ^a   Prentice, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952727380     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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