Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20845 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 648
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as 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.
Subjects: 
works council
codetermination
production frontier analysis
Germany
JEL: 
J50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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