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Rebellion against Reason? A Study of Expressive Choice and Strikes
Brunnschweiler, Christa N.; Jennings, Colin; MacKenzie, … - CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, Department of … - 2012
In this paper we challenge the conventional view that strikes are caused by asymmetric information regarding firm … profitability such that union members are uninformed. Instead, we build an expressive model of strikes where the perception of … offers and the incidence of strikes. Furthermore, while asymmetric information is still important in causing strikes, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553017
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Rebellion against Reason? A Study of Expressive Choice and Strikes
Brunnschweiler, Christa; Jennings, Colin; MacKenzie, Ian - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2012
In this paper we challenge the conventional view that strikes are caused by asymmetric information regarding firm … profitability such that union members are uninformed. Instead, we build an expressive model of strikes where the perception of … wage offers and the incidence of strikes. Furthermore, while asymmetric information is still important in causing strikes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010568548
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A study of expressive choice and strikes
Brunnschweiler, Christa N.; Jennings, Colin; MacKenzie, … - In: European Journal of Political Economy 34 (2014) C, pp. 111-125
The conventional explanation for strikes is that they are caused by an asymmetry of information about the profitability … of the firm — union members are uninformed whereas management are informed. Instead, this paper builds a model of strikes … increases both wage offers and the incidence of strikes. An empirical test using UK data provides support for the predictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011056270
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Die Arbeitslosenversicherung in Deutschland – Beitrag zur Bekämpfung oder Ursache von Arbeitslosigkeit
Breiding, Torsten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622251
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Democracy with Group Identity
Hillman, Arye L.; Metsuyanim, Kfir; Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2015
Group-based identity undermines democracy by impeding democratic change of government. A substantial literature has therefore studied how to make democracy consistent with group identity. We contribute to this literature by introducing the role of group decisiveness into voting incentives and...
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A Passion for Democracy
Panova, Elena - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2011
Theories of voter turnout assume that an active voter receives a warm glow from doing a good deed to like-minded compatriots. What tells him that he is doing them a good deed by voting for this or that candidate or policy? Their own votes are naturally available feedback. We propose a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132771
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Reciprocity and Workers' Tastes for Representation
Jirjahn, Uwe; Lange, Vanessa - Fach Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Trier - 2011
Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers' sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720369
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Reason-based choice: a bargaining rationale for the attraction and compromise effects
de Clippel, Geoffroy; Eliaz, Kfir - In: Theoretical Economics 7 (2012) 1
Among the most important and robust violations of rationality are the attraction and the compromise effects. The compromise effect refers to the tendency of individuals to choose an intermediate option in a choice set, while the attraction effect refers to the tendency to choose an option that...
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‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife
Dasgupta, Indraneel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We examine how group-specific differences in reservation wage, arising due to asymmetries in social entitlements, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and ‘ethnic’ conflict among workers. We model a two-dimensional contest, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233836
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Direct Democracy and Public Employees
Matsusaka, John G. - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 5, pp. 2227-46
In the public sector, employment may be inefficiently high because of patronage, and wages may be inefficiently high because of public employee interest groups. This paper explores whether the initiative process, a direct democracy institution of growing importance, ameliorates these political...
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