International mergers and trade liberalisation: Implications for unionised labour

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 717-735

  Straume, Odd Rune ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

International mergers; Trade liberalisation; Union wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867930240     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(02)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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