@techreport{Braun2009Unionisation,
abstract = {The effects of unions on productivity and firm performance have been the topic of extensive research. Existing studies have, however, primarily focused on firm-level bargaining and on markets that are characterised by a small and fixed number of identical firms. This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among heterogeneous producers and thus increases average productivity, firm-level bargaining allows less productive entrants to remain in the market. Centralised bargaining also results in higher average output and profit levels than either decentralised bargaining or a competitive labour market. From the perspective of consumers, the choice between centralised and decentralised bargaining involves a potential trade-off between product variety and product prices.},
address = {Kiel},
author = {Sebastian Braun},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J24; J50; D43; 330; Trade unions; heterogeneous firms; productivity; firm performance; Tarifpolitik; Lohnverhandlungen; Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad; Firmentarifvertrag; Produktivit\"{a}t; Unternehmensentwicklung; Monopolistischer Wettbewerb; Wohlfahrtseffekt; Theorie},
language = {eng},
number = {1566},
publisher = {Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)},
title = {Unionisation structures and heterogeneous firms},
type = {Kiel working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30060},
year = {2009}
}
