This paper extends a model by Ehrhart et al (2008) which examines duopoly under the EU Emission Trading Scheme, analyzing the effectof emissions permit price changes on firm profits. While their model assumes no initial allocation of permits to firms, the extension presented here incorporates...

Using a sample of 1154 European firms from 11 countries, we show that firm-levelexchange exposure for Eurozone and non-Eurozone European firms has increased sincethe introduction of the euro, but this rise was smaller for Eurozone than non-Eurozonefirms. The increase in firm-specific exposure...

This book focuses on the stabilization and growth problems of Ireland, an archetypal peripheral member of the EC. In part I, a supply-side neo-Keynesian macro-econometric model is developed, which captures the stylised features of the economy: high dependence on multinational FDI; an open labour...

Eight small businesses in the electronics industry from Rochester, NY were studied inorder to determine whether the European Union’s directives, Waste Electrical andElectronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directives(RoHS) are spurring innovation in the US....

Oil price shocks have a statistically significant impact on real stock returns contemporaneously and/or within the following month in the U.S. and 13 European countries over 1986:1-2005:12. Norway as an oil exporter shows a statistically significantly positive response of real stock returns to...

The paper examines industrial relations in the shipping industries of two Liberal Market Economies (LMEs), Australia and the United States and in two Coordinated Market Economies (CMEs), Germany and Denmark. Hall and Soskice?s (2001) theory of Liberal versus Coordinated market economies has been...

Purpose ? Aims to test Walton and McKersie?s theory on labour negotiations, specifically in the case of German car manufacturers. Design/methodology/approach ? The research is based on interviews with industrial actors in Germany?s car industry ? an empirical case study. Findings ? The article...

The increasing acceptance of enterprise bargaining by both employers and trade unions in Australia calls into question not only the ongoing role of industrial tribunals, but also that of employer associations and their traditional role in the collective representation of individual employers in...

Academic and other research has consistently shown that the work of child care workers has historically been undervalued due to its feminised nature, its charitable origins and a low rate of unionisation. However employer submissions to wage fixing tribunals have both challenged a higher...

This article critically examines the tensions and challenges multinational mining companies (MNMCs,) face in the formation and control of the workforce in a developing country setting. Data gathered through extensive fieldwork, interviews and observation of Papua New Guinean mineworkers shows...