Do employees profit from profit sharing? Evidence from Canadian panel data

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 899-927

  Long, Richard J ^a   Fang, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 84871763187     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500406     Document Type: Article

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