risk as an explanatory variable in a model of the union's choice between the strike and holdout threat. We find that strike … workers would have increased strike incidence from 1982-1989 by 3 percentage points, a 30 percent increase …

determinants of family ownership. Our results also hold if we use strike data from the 1960s to predict cross-country variation in …

This study investigates the relationship between strike activity by nonunion public employees and unionization …. Examining the strike activity and unionization rates of some 600 nonunion municipal police departments from 1972 to 1978, this …

level of profitability of the firm. The implications of the model are then tested using data on wage outcomes, strike … probabilities, and strike durations for a large sample of collective bargaining agreements. Negotiated wages are found to depend … the model, however, there is no evidence of a systematic relation between wages and strike outcomes. Increases in …

This paper presents evidence on two aspects of strike activity associated with the renegotiation of union contracts …: the effects of contract characteristics on dispute probabilities; and the effects of lagged strike outcomes on the … incidence and duration of subsequent disputes. The empirical results show that strike probabilities are higher following a …

information on each state's legal environment and unique strike-level data on over 12,000 labor disputes between 1881 and 1894. We … find that the law affected strike costs and strike outcomes, though not always in the anticipated directions. For example …, laws outlawing blacklisting were associated with the increased use of strike breakers, while the legalization of unions …