We argue that in a capitalist enterprise the need to fix wages is crucially influenced by the asymmetric distribution of decision-making power, which can entail the use of private information and authority in favour of the strongest contractual party (the employer), and against the weaker...

We study the impact of employer's opportunism on wage rigidity in capitalist companies by arguing that the need to fix wages is crucially influenced by the asymmetric distribution of decision-making power and information in favor of the stronger contractual party — the employer, and against...

This paper considers a two-production-period model in which a state-owned firm competes against a labour-managed firm. In the first production period, the state-owned and labour-managed firms simultaneously and independently choose outputs. The chosen outputs become common knowledge and then, in...

This paper considers mixed Cournot duopoly competition with two production periods in which labour-managed and profit-maximizing firms compete against each other. The paper demonstrates that there exists a subgame perfect Nash equilibrium that coincides with the Stackelberg outcome in which the...

Im vorliegenden Band behandeln renommierte Autoren aus dem Bereich der Sozial- und Managementwissenschaften in deutsch- und englischsprachigen Beitraegen das Thema der Partizipation in Organisationen in gleichermassen konzeptueller wie empirischer Sicht. Waehrend sich die eher konzeptuell...

Im Rahmen von Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen bieten Genussrechte und stille Beteiligungen eine verbreitete Möglichkeit, die Vorteile aus Eigen- und Fremdfinanzierung miteinander zu kombinieren. Aus steuerlicher und finanzwirtschaftlicher Sicht stellt sich die Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen diese...

We investigate the link between employee ownership and price levels of stocks. Using a comprehensive sample of firms in the Société des Bourses Françaises (SBF) 120 Index from 2000 to 2007, we document a negative correlation between share price levels and employee ownership. This suggests...

Using the NBER Shared Capitalism Database comprised of over 40,000 employee surveys from 14 firms, we investigate worker attitudes towards employee ownership, profit sharing, and variable pay. Specifically, our study uses detailed survey questions on preferences over profit sharing, forms of...

Robots, that is any sort of machinery from computers to artificial intelligence programs that provides a good substitute for work currently performed by humans, can increasingly replace workers, even highly skilled professionals, and thus reduce opportunities for good jobs and pay. But, with...