This paper studies the relationship between collective bargaining and mergers and acquisitions activity in 46 countries … countries with powerful labor unions and high coverage of bargaining coordination. Economically, collective bargaining mitigates …. Further analyses suggest that collective bargaining encourages mergers and acquisitions by reducing employment uncertainty …

This paper studies the relationship between collective bargaining and mergers and acquisitions activity in 46 countries … countries with powerful labor unions and high coverage of bargaining coordination. Economically, collective bargaining mitigates …. Further analyses suggest that collective bargaining encourages mergers and acquisitions by reducing employment uncertainty …

jobs; and iii) the effects of financial pressures and corporate reform on collective bargaining and wages. This is the …

This study examines whether a firm’s leverage can be used strategically to improve its bargaining position with an … with the highest union labor coverage has the highest leverage. We also find that collective bargaining power positively … affects leverage through the regression of leverage on the bargaining power of the labor union, regardless of the analysis …

This study examines whether a firm's leverage can be used strategically to improve its bargaining position with an … with the highest union labor coverage has the highest leverage. We also find that collective bargaining power positively … affects leverage through the regression of leverage on the bargaining power of the labor union, regardless of the analysis …

boards have lost some bargaining power …

firms that declassified their boards have lost some bargaining power in negotiating M&A transactions …