Plant Closings: Public Or Private Choices?Cato Institute, 1984 - 333 pages Essays, lectures, research papers contributing to the debate on draft legislation concerning plant shutdown restrictions, USA - covers theoretical, empirical and legal aspects, discusses industrial policy and employment policy issues relating to relocation of industry, redundancy, employers liability and responsibility, labour turnover, labour relations implications, etc. Graphs, references, statistical tables. |
Contents
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III Manufacturing Relocations in the United States 19691975 | 29 |
IV Is There a Case for PlantClosing Laws? | 49 |
V Where Have All the Firms Gone? An Analysis of the New England Economy | 79 |
An Empirical Test | 119 |
VII Plant Closings and Worker Dislocation | 127 |
A Dissent | 155 |
X SunbeltFrostbelt Confrontation? | 193 |
XI The Case for Plant Closures | 205 |
Atari Mercantilism? | 221 |
The NLRBs Inherently Destructive Approach | 233 |
A ThreeStep Analysis | 253 |
XV Summary Remarks | 309 |
Statements in Support of the National Employment Priorities Act by US Representative William D Ford | 315 |
IX The Myth of Deindustrialization | 177 |
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