firms' investment in capital depends on the structure and coordination of bargaining, the preference of unions between wages … extensive, especially in non-Anglo-Saxon countries. Strong unions may influence firms' incentives to invest in capital …, particularly in sectors where capital investments are sunk (irreversible), as in research-intensive sectors. Whether unions affect …

(GLFS 2015) respectively. The findings indicate that unions' bargaining effect on wages is positive. Furthermore, the study … strength of unions. It is against this background that our study seeks to examine the effect of unions' bargaining (proxied by … union presence variable) on wages in Ghana. We employ the Heckman Selection Model and quantile regression technique to …

Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had … in the name of wage and employment flexibility, yet unions often work in tandem with employers for mutual gain based on … productivity growth. If this is where the premium originates, then firms and workers benefit. Without unions bargaining …

We investigate the welfare effect of union activity in a relatively new oligopoly model, the Cournot-Bertrand model …

The micro- and macroeconomic effects of the declining power of trade unions have been hotly debated by economists and …

unions. The problem is relevant to scholars and the labor movement, requiring a deeper understanding of union membership … primarily perceived cause of declining union membership, (b) unions should be more effective in collective bargaining, and (c …

scope of profit enhancement. In a unionised oligopoly with centralised wage setting and decreasing returns to scale …