Unions' relative concerns and strikes in wage bargaining

Mauleon, Ana; Vannetelbosch, Vincent; Vergari, Cecilia

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8586.2012.00455.x

Unions' relative concerns and strikes in wage bargaining

Mauleon, Ana

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Vannetelbosch, Vincent

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Vergari, Cecilia

(2014) Bulletin of Economic Research — Vol. 66, n° 4, p. 374-383 (2014)

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Mauleon, AnaUSL-B
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Vannetelbosch, VincentUCLouvain
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Vergari, CeciliaUniversity of Bologna
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We consider a model of wage determination with private information in an oligopoly. 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.

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UCLouvainSSH/LIDAM/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
USL-BCentre de recherche en Economie (CEREC)
UCLouvainSSH/IRIS-L/CERE - Centre de recherche en économie

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Mauleon, A., Vannetelbosch, V., & Vergari, C. (2014). Unions’ relative concerns and strikes in wage bargaining. Bulletin of Economic Research, 66(4), 374-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2012.00455.x (Original work published 2014)