Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78287 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Thünen-Series of Applied Economic Theory - Working Paper No. 28
Publisher: 
Universität Rostock, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Rostock
Abstract: 
In a framework of a unionised international Bertrand duopoly with differentiated products, this paper analyses national labour market interdependencies and the consequences of trade liberalisation for union wages. The analysis suggests that national wages are likely to be strategic complements (substitutes), if products are ordinary substitutes (complements). Under the assumption of linear demand it is shown that bilateral trade liberalisation always leads to higher union set wages and union utilities, regardless of the nature of product rivalry. Analysing the consequences of unilateral tariff reductions it is shown that foreign tariff reductions always give rise to higher union wages and utilities, whereas the impact of unilateral domestic tariff reductions depends an the nature of product rivalry.
Subjects: 
Trade unions
Oligopoly
Intra-industry trade
Market integration
JEL: 
F12
J50
L13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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