Negotiating with labor under financial distress

Review of Corporate Finance Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-67

  Benmelech, Efraim ^a   Bergman, Nittai K ^b   Enriquez, Ricardo J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84876301001     PISSN: 20469128     EISSN: 20469136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rcfs/cfr001     Document Type: Article

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