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This paper investigates the patterns of bargaining in multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the presence of labor unions … coordination activities. It derives the bargaining regimes which arise as sub-game perfect equilibria, and considers both … unions’ per member transaction costs may attenuate the conflict of interests between bargaining parties as regards the …
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union. Applying the (asymmetric) Nash bargaining solution, we find that under reasonable conditions, it is beneficial for at … tariff unions. -- Trade-union formation ; wage-employment bargains ; Nash bargaining solution ; industry and professional …
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This paper analyzes the implications of right-to-manage wage bargaining between a producers' syndicate and a workers … activity. At given prices and price expectations, nominal wages are set according to a Nash bargaining agreement. Producers …, including a variety of different qualitative features compared to the situation under efficient bargaining. These differences …
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This paper analyzes the implications of bilateral bargaining over wages and employment between a producer and a union …. Wages and aggregate employment levels are set according to an efficient (Nash) bargaining agreement while the commodity … the total production surplus, efficient bargaining implies no efficiency loss in production. However, due to the price …
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Strikes, just as other types of conflict, used to be difficult to explain from an economic perspective. Initially, it was thought that they were a result of mistakes or irrationality. Then, during the 1980s an explosion of research brought asymmetric information to prominence as a significant...
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This paper offers a historical account of the bargaining theories. It includes (i) the calculation methods for … bargaining, (ii) the bargaining theories for benefit, and (iii) the bargaining theory against cost. This paper proves that …
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To avoid strikes and curb labour militancy, some governments have introduced legislation stating that union leadership as well as wage offers should be decided through union-wide ballots. This paper shows that members still have incentives to appoint militant union leaders, if these leaders have...
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