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Unions' relative concerns and strikes in wage bargaining

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Mauleon, Ana [FUSL] Vannetelbosch, Vincent [UCL] Vergari, Cecilia [University of Bologna]

We consider a model of wage determination with private information in a duopoly. We investigate the effects of unions having relative concerns on the negotiated wage and the strike activity. We show that an increase of unions' relative concerns has an ambiguous effect on the strike activity.

Document type Document de travail (Working Paper)
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Collection CORE Discussion Paper - 2010/76, CEREC Working Paper - 2010/11
Affiliations USL-B - Faculté de sciences économiques, sociales et politiques
UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
University of Bologna - Department of Economic Sciences
Keywords relative position ; wage bargaining ; private information ; strike activity
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Bibliographic reference Mauleon, Ana ; Vannetelbosch, Vincent ; Vergari, Cecilia. Unions' relative concerns and strikes in wage bargaining. CORE Discussion Paper ; 2010/76 (2011)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/69109