Is bigger better? union size and expenditure on members

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-34

  Davis, Mark ^a  

^a Australian Financial Review   (Australia)

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EID: 79958848432     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002218569904100101     Document Type: Article

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