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dc.contributor.author | Braun, Sebastian | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-10 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-26T13:28:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-02-26T13:28:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKiel | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aKiel Working Paper |x1566 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J24 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J50 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D43 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Trade unions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | heterogeneous firms | en |
dc.subject.keyword | productivity | en |
dc.subject.keyword | firm performance | en |
dc.subject.stw | Tarifpolitik | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lohnverhandlungen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad | en |
dc.subject.stw | Firmentarifvertrag | en |
dc.subject.stw | Produktivität | en |
dc.subject.stw | Unternehmensentwicklung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Monopolistischer Wettbewerb | en |
dc.subject.stw | Wohlfahrtseffekt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.title | Unionisation structures and heterogeneous firms | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 61829225X | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1566 | en |
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