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Do Wages Rise or Fall Following Merger? / Conyon, Martin; Girma, S; Thompson, S et al.
In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 66, No. 5, 12.2004, p. 847-862.

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Conyon, M, Girma, S, Thompson, S & Wright, P 2004, 'Do Wages Rise or Fall Following Merger?', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 847-862. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.104_1.x

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Conyon, M., Girma, S., Thompson, S., & Wright, P. (2004). Do Wages Rise or Fall Following Merger? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 66(5), 847-862. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.104_1.x

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Conyon M, Girma S, Thompson S, Wright P. Do Wages Rise or Fall Following Merger? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 2004 Dec;66(5):847-862. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.104_1.x

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Conyon, Martin ; Girma, S ; Thompson, S et al. / Do Wages Rise or Fall Following Merger?. In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 2004 ; Vol. 66, No. 5. pp. 847-862.

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