about the extent to which conventional arbitration decisions are fashioned as mechanical compromises of the parties' final … in the arbitration decisions, this evidence of mechanical compromise behavior should be viewed as characterizing the … overall operation of conventional arbitration mechanisms and not the behavior of individual arbitrators in any particular case …

In this paper we provide an empirical evaluation of the effect that the provision of an arbitration statute has on the … wage levels of police officers. We analyze the effect of arbitration on wages by comparing wage levels across political … sets are remarkably consistent and provide no robust evidence that the presence of arbitration statues has a consistent …

The emerging empirical literature on the economics of arbitration has focused primarily on the behavior of arbitrators … under alternative forms of arbitration. This article suggests that it is natural for empirical economists to now expand … behavior are discussed: (1) the decision to settle a dispute voluntarily or to proceed to arbitration; (2) the strategy for …

This paper analyses data on union and employer rankings of different panels of arbitrators in an actual arbitration …

arbitration. We document how the selection process impacts arbitration outcomes by studying roughly 9,000 consumer arbitration … cases in the securities industry. Securities disputes present a good laboratory: arbitration is mandatory for all disputes … only if chosen; and the selection mechanism is similar to other major arbitration forums. We document three facts. First …

understanding of principal-agent interactions, social preferences, union-firm bargaining, arbitration, gender differentials …

In this paper we study the complete evolution of a final-offer arbitration system used in New Jersey with data we have …