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Arbitration and Mediation: An Economic Perspective
Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - 2002
This paper deals with the effects that intermediation has on strategic behaviour in negotiations. To this end, we use the tools of game theory to analyse how different institutional settings can provide specific strategic incentives and thereby condition the outcome of negotiations. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262705
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Lawyers as agents of the devil in a prisoner's dilemma game: Evidence from long run play
Ashenfelter, Orley; Bloom, David E.; Dahl, Gordon Boyack - 2013
typical dispute resolution system. It then reports estimates of the incentives for the parties to obtain legal representation … in wage disputes that were settled by final-offer arbitration in New Jersey. The paper also reports briefly on similar … agreeing not to hire lawyers is cheaper and does not appear to alter arbitration outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293160
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Arbitration and Mediation: An Economic Perspective
Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper deals with the effects that intermediation has on strategic behaviour in negotiations. To this end, we use the tools of game theory to analyse how different institutional settings can provide specific strategic incentives and thereby condition the outcome of negotiations. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822338
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Union decline in Britain
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2008
This paper investigates the demise of unionisation in British private sector workplaces over the last quarter century. We show that dramatic union decline has occurred across all types of workplace. Although the union wage premium persists it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271887
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Are all labor regulations equal? Evidence from Indian manufacturing
Ahsan, Ahmad; Pagés, Carmen - 2008
laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection … the most affected by laws that increase the cost of labor dispute resolution. These adverse effects are not alleviated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268910
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The economics of labor market intermediation: an analytic framework
Autor, David H. - 2008
Labor Market Intermediaries (LMIs) are entities or institutions that interpose themselves between workers and firms to facilitate, inform, or regulate how workers are matched to firms, how work is accomplished, and how conflicts are resolved. This paper offers a conceptual foundation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268899
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Living wage', class conflict and ethnic strife
Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2008
, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and 'ethnic' conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268900
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In support of the supporters? : Do social forces shape decisions of the impartial?
Dohmen, Thomas J. - 2003
Analyzing the neutrality of referees during nine German premier league (1. Bundesliga) soccer seasons, this paper documents evidence that social forces influence agents' preferences and decisions. Those, who are appointed to be impartial, tend to favor the home team as they systematically award...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262713
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The Italian job: match rigging, career concerns and media concentration in Serie A
Boeri, Tito; Severgnini, Battista - 2008
This paper contributes to the literature on competition and corruption, by drawing on records from Calciopoli, a judicial inquiry carried out in 2006 on corruption in the Italian soccer league. Unlike previous studies, we can estimate the determinants of match rigging and use this information in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269071
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Lab labor: What can labor economists learn from the lab?
Charness, Gary; Kuhn, Peter - 2010
understanding of principal-agent interactions, social preferences, union-firm bargaining, arbitration, gender differentials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271387