TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Schank, Thorsten
AU  - Schnabel, Claus
AU  - Wagner, Joachim
        TI  - Works Councils – Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
        PY  - 2002/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 648
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp648
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - Germany
KW  - codetermination
KW  - works council
KW  - production frontier analysis
        ER  -