Collective Choice and Control Rights in Firms
Recent writers have asserted that firms controlled by workers are rare because workers have diverse preferences over firm policies, while investors all support wealth maximization. However, the source of the asymmetry between capital and labor remains unclear. We resolve this puzzle by arguing that because financial capital is exceptionally mobile, capital markets induce unanimity. The lower mobility of human capital implies that labor markets are monopolistically competitive and hence that unanimity cannot be expected in labor-managed firms. Moreover, such firms are vulnerable to takeover by investors, while capital-managed firms are substantially less vulnerable to takeover by workers. Copyright 2007 Blackwell Publishing, Inc..
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2007
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Authors: | DOW, GREGORY K. ; SKILLMAN, GILBERT L. |
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Journal of Public Economic Theory. - Association for Public Economic Theory - APET, ISSN 1097-3923. - Vol. 9.2007, 1, p. 107-125
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Association for Public Economic Theory - APET |
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