Using matched worker/plant level data for Norway, trade and technology explanations for the change in skill composition are assessed using direct evidence on the job creation and destruction for workers with high, medium and low education level. In order to disentangle the supply and demand...

We examine how a merger affects wages of unionized labour and, in turn, the profitability of a merger under both Cournot and Bertrand competition.If unions are plant-specific, we find that a merger is more profitable than in a corresponding model with exogenous wages.

In this case study of the Swedish beer market we relate the volatility of firms' market shares to changes in their products' market shares. We focus on the four leading firms' product portfolios, and in particular the development of the market shares of old, newly introduced, and withdrawn...

Despite both theoretical and observable advantages of free trade, a number of countries have stuck to a restricted trade regime. Apparently, the gap between the inward oriented economies and the "free trade" world has allowed to become huge before these economies turned to a more outward...