Although coverage of collective bargaining agreements has been declining for decades in most countries, it is still … firms' investment in capital depends on the structure and coordination of bargaining, the preference of unions between wages …

, using macrodata and microdata. Macrodata show that greater coverage by centralized collective bargaining institutions raises …

Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had … its day. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have recently called for the removal of bargaining rights from workers … productivity growth. If this is where the premium originates, then firms and workers benefit. Without unions bargaining …

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 …