The Threat of a Strike Seems to Encourage Voluntary Settlement

question 12

True/False

The threat of a strike seems to encourage voluntary settlement efforts at the bargaining table while the availability of interest arbitration may reduce such incentive producing a "chilling effect" on negotiations.

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Optimal Input Demands

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Expenditures

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Scale Economies Index

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Cost-Output Elasticity

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