%0 Report
        %A Schank, Thorsten
%A Schnabel, Claus
%A Wagner, Joachim
        %T Works Councils – Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
        %D 2002
        %8 2002 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 648
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp648
        %X 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.
        %K Germany
%K codetermination
%K works council
%K production frontier analysis