Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed …. -- trade union power ; wage bargaining ; labour share ; Germany …

that unions were engaged in concession bargaining. Overall, our results challenge the common view that trade unions in the …

This paper provides an economic foundation for non-binding mediation to stimulate first collective bargaining …

imperfectly competitive and the price of labor is determined by collective bargaining. The resulting rise in wages reduces output … and profits and can deter entry. We analyze under which conditions greater bargaining power by the trade union reduces … entry and raises welfare. Furthermore, we show that collective bargaining loosens the linkage between business stealing and …

bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related to Anglo … variable entity. We use linkedemployer-employee data for Germany and analyse the effect of collective bargaining coverage on … employment growth in German plants. We find a robust and negative correlation between being covered by a sector-wide bargaining …