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Tor V. Eriksson, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University — Denmark, Mariola Pytlikova, Aarhsu School of Business, Aarhus University — Denmark and Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University — Denmark, The Role of Transition, Incraesed Comeptition, and Decentralized Wage Setting