Strikes and Political Activism of Trade Unions: Theory and Application to Bangladesh

The behavior of Bangladeshi trade unions is characterized by political activism and momentous strikes, called hartals there, have played a crucial part in most political changes in this country. We offer a theoretical framework for discussing this fact, and we test empirically its main prediction by bringing out the political cycle that characterizes the occurrence of strikes in Bangladesh.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Azam, Jean-Paul ; Salmon, Claire
Published in:	Public Choice. - Springer. - Vol. 119.2004, 3_4, p. 311-334
Publisher:	Springer

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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