Works councils: sand or grease in the operation of German firms?

Thorsten Schank; Claus Schnabel; Joachim Wagner

Works councils: sand or grease in the operation of German firms?

Thorsten Schank
, Claus Schnabel
, Joachim Wagner

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Abstract

Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as a sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Lüneburg
Publisher	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2002

Research areas and keywords

Economics
works council
codetermination
production frontier analysis
Germany

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Works councils: sand or grease in the operation of German firms?

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