This paper analyzes wage negotiation between firms and unions when crossparticipation exists at ownership level. We consider two shareholders and two firms: one firm is jointly owned by the two shareholders and the other is owned by a single shareholder. Labor is unionized and the firms produce...

In modern cities firms must observe local zoning regulations in regard to their locations. In this chapter we first review the literature on the economic effects of legal restrictions on firms' locations in a linear city. A common assumption in research on zoning is that firms maximize their own...