Privatization and public employee pension rights: Treading in unexplored territory

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-58

  Ravitch, Frank S ^a   Lawther, Wendell C ^b  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 79959539995     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X9901900105     Document Type: Article

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