An Institutional Economic Analysis of Labor Unions

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 438-471

  Kaufman, Bruce E ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC THEORY; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY;

EID: 84860249805     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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