Most of the literature on the effects of German works councils does not deal with the issue of potential endogeneity of works council existence. Exploiting exogenous variation in works council authority stemming from a 2001 reform of the German Works Constitution Act, I apply a regression...

Der Sozialwissenschaftler und Soziologieprofessor veröffentlicht seit langem über Gewerkschaften, auch "Organisationssoziologie" (ID-G 50/03). Nach einem Kurzüberblick über die Entwicklung bis 1933 folgen die wichtigsten Stationen im Verhältnis zwischen Gewerkschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik,...

One of the most prominent features of remuneration in Hawaii’s longline fisheriesindustry has been the norm of share contract regimes. This paper investigates whether theuse of the share contract regime is positively correlated to increased economic returns.The principal-agent framework is...

We perform a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of transfer fee regulations on professional soccer in Europe. Based on a model on the interaction of moral hazard and heterogeneity, we show (i) how the regulations effect contract durations and wages, (ii) that contracting parties...