Negotiating the Marcellus: The Role of Information in Building Trust in Extractive Deals

Negotiation Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-446

  Liss, Jodi ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Environmental negotiation; Information asymmetry; Internet; Natural gas; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054744859     PISSN: 07484526     EISSN: 15719979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2011.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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