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Endogenous wage bargaining institutions in oligopolistic sectors
Petrakis, Emmanuel; Vlassis, Minas - In: Economic Theory 24 (2004) 1, pp. 55-73
This paper explores the endogenous emergence of wage bargaining institutions in a union-oligopoly framework … centralization structures that are observable in real life. As wage deals at the sector-level obtain the consensus of all unions and …, firms and unions have conflicting interests and a completely decentralized wage bargaining regime prevails in equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005371131
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The Political Economy of the "National Minimum Wage Institution".
Petrakis, E.; Vlassis, M. - Department of International and European Economic … - 1999
Whilst their products are substituable for the consumer, there exist technological asymmetries across the unionized sectors of an economy. There are high-tech as well as low-tech sectors. We show, that, due to those asymmetries in productivity, inter-sectoral minimum wage agreements may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619381
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The Political Economy of the "National Minimum Wage Institution".
Petrakis, E.; Vlassis, M. - Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) - 1999
Whilst their products are substituable for the consumer, there exist technological asymmetries across the unionized sectors of an economy. There are high-tech as well as low-tech sectors. We show, that, due to those asymmetries in productivity, inter-sectoral minimum wage agreements may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005781134
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R&D networks among unionized firms
MAULEON, Ana; SEMPERE-MONERRIS, José; VANNETELBOSCH, … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2004
We develop a model of strategic networks in order to analyze how trade unions will affect the stability and efficiency … is not true. Strong stability even reinforces this conflict. However, once unions settle wages such conflict disappears …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005043051
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R&D Networks Among Unionized Firms
Vannetelbosch, Vincent; Mauleon, Ana; Sempere-Monerris, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
We develop a model of strategic networks in order to analyze how trade unions will affect the stability and efficiency … is not true. Strong stability even reinforces this conflict. However, once unions settle wages such conflict disappears …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423183
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Unionization Structures and Firms' Incentives for Productivity Enhancing Investments
Haucap, Justus; Wey, Christian - Abteilung "Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und industrieller … - 2002
unionization structures or by imposing non-discrimination rules on monopoly unions. <br> <br> <i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612412
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A Union-Oligopoly Model of Endogenous Discrimination:Should it be wage discrimination taxed or discriminated employment subsidized?
Vlassis, Minas; Drydakis, Nick - Department of Economics, University of Crete
show that unions may offer to firms the option to discriminate wages across such groups of employees and, by that, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004994370
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Firm Heterogeneity and Wages Under Different Bargaining Regimes: Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-productivity Firms?
Gürtzgen, Nicole - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
wages to the variability in productivity conditions in a unionsised oligopoly framework. The model distinguishes centralised … firm heterogeneity under centralised wage-setting, as unions internalise negative externalities of a wage increase for low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097960
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Firm Heterogeneity and Wages under Different Bargaining Regimes: Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-Productivity Firms?
Guertzgen, Nicole - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 229 (2009) 2-3, pp. 239-253
wages to the variability in productivity conditions in a unionised oligopoly framework. The model distinguishes centralised … firm heterogeneity under centralised wage-setting, as unions internalise negative externalities of a wage increase for low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559107
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The Cournot-Bertrand profit differential in a differentiated duopoly with unions and labour decreasing returns
Fanti, Luciano; Meccheri, Nicola - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2010
wage bill maximizing unions and labour decreasing returns. It is shown that the standard result, that equilibrium profits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727638