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The decline or expansion of unions: a bargaining model with heterogeneous labor

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  • Strand, Jon, 2003. "The decline or expansion of unions: a bargaining model with heterogeneous labor," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 317-340, June.
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