For a two-period screening model of strikes it is shown that joint bargaining instead of enterprise negotiations lowers … wages and implies more strikes. These results hold irrespective of the party possessing private information. The sensitivity …

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 …

raise strike activity. If strike pay and an employers' insurance are combined, strikes may become less probable …

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 …

This paper offers a contract-based theory to explain the determination of standard hours, overtime hours and overtime … closely to earlier developments in hedonic wage theory. Throughout, we emphasise the intuitive reasoning behind the theory and …

We offer a novel view of employee discounts and in kind compensation. In our theory, bundling perks and cash …