Nominal wage rigidity prior to compulsory arbitration: evidence from the Victorian Railways, 1902–1921
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عنوان ژورنال: Cliometrica
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1863-2505,1863-2513
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-010-0050-3