Rent-sharing and collective wage contracts - evidence from German establishment-level data

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2835-2854

  Guertzgen, N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PROFITABILITY; RENTAL SECTOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 77955129332     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964708     Document Type: Article

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