This paper presents preliminary findings of a study of worker absenteeism. Our main purpose is to identify the various factors that influence the rate of absence for individual workers and to quantify their impact. Candidates for inclusion are measurable factors relating either to the structure...

In this paper, we construct a game form based on the constitutions of conciliation boards in the British coal industry and show how the induced game can be used to explain certain features of the wage negotiations for which the conciliation boards were responsible. In particular, we test various...