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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Braun, Sebastian | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-02-10 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-02-26T13:28:24Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-02-26T13:28:24Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30060 | | - |
| dc.description.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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Kiel working paper 1566 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J24 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J50 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D43 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Trade unions | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | heterogeneous firms | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | productivity | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | firm performance | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Tarifpolitik | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Lohnverhandlungen | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Firmentarifvertrag | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Produktivität | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Unternehmensentwicklung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Monopolistischer Wettbewerb | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Wohlfahrtseffekt | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Unionisation structures and heterogeneous firms | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 61829225X | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Kieler Arbeitspapiere, IfW
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