the excessive entry prediction. Tax evasion raises the number of firms in market equilibrium and can alter their welfare … the direct welfare consequences of tax evasion and the relationship between evasion and the tax base. We also determine … conditions which imply that overall welfare declines with tax evasion. …

entry and raises welfare. Furthermore, we show that collective bargaining loosens the linkage between business stealing and …

determined by the direct welfare consequences of tax evasion and the relationship between evasion and the tax base. We also … determine conditions which imply that overall welfare declines with tax evasion. …

Trade unions are often argued to cause allocative inefficiencies and to lower welfare. We analyze whether this … welfare. We find that an increase in the union's bargaining power raises welfare if the (inverse) demand curve is …

distortions occurring in oligopoly. Specifically, excessive entry is aggravated and the welfare loss due to market power rises. …

shown that a fixed payment will lower wages, leave employment and welfare unaffected if there are no wage-dependent taxes … firing costs and unemployment benefits are independent of redundancy pay, employment and welfare will rise with redundancy …

profits decline. Overall welfare rises. Our theoretical results have implications for estimating the elasticity of the labor …

profits decline. Overall welfare rises. Our theoretical results have implications for estimating the elasticity of the labor …

profits decline. Overall welfare rises. Our theoretical results have implications for estimating the elasticity of the labor …

whether there is wage or efficient bargaining. Moreover, trade unions redistribute income and thereby affect welfare. If firms …. Importantly from a normative vantage point, such CSR objectives make a welfare-enhancing role of trade unions more likely in the …