Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/78282
Year of Publication: 
1998
Series/Report no.: 
Thünen-Series of Applied Economic Theory - Working Paper No. 17
Publisher: 
Universität Rostock, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Rostock
Abstract: 
In a framework of a n-union/n-firm oligopoly, this paper analyzes the incentive for firms and unions to adopt efficient bargaining, i.e. negotiating over wages together with employment. The analysis is conducted for the case of autarchy and for an integrated product market. Firm profits, union utility and industry rents are compared under two different bargaining regimes - the right-to-manage model and the efficient bargaining model. For centralized negotiations, it is shown that under autarchy bargaining over wages and employment does not necessarily imply efficiency as total industry rents decrease. In the case of an integrated product market, however, adopting efficient bargaining raises rents if the market share of the domestic industry is relatively small.
Subjects: 
Trade Unions
Oligopoly
Efficient Bargaining
Integration
JEL: 
J50
L13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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