What do unions do to pension performance?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1173-1189

  Even, William E ^a   Macpherson, David A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84899916126     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12081     Document Type: Article

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