Are unions detrimental to innovation? Theory and evidence

F Berton, A Ricci, S Dughera - 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper we study the effect of unions on product and process innovation both
theoretically and empirically. We propose a Cournot duopoly model where labor productivity …

Labour unionisation structure and product innovation

D Basak, A Mukherjee - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to the recently growing literature by examining the effects of different
labour unionisation structures on innovation. Using a Cournot duopoly setup, we investigate …

Privatization and innovation in a vertical structure

X Wu, A Mukherjee, C Zeng - China Economic Review, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate how upstream privatization affects downstream R&D investments and social
welfare in a vertically-related industry with an upstream monopolistic firm and two …

Managerial delegation under alternative unionization structures

L Fanti, N Meccheri - Labour, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper studies the effects of managerial delegation in a duopoly game under alternative
unionization structures. Introducing managerial delegation in a framework with centralized …

The role of (de-) centralized wage setting for industry dynamics and economic growth: an agent-based analysis with the eurace@ unibi model

H Dawid, P Harting, M Neugart - Dynamic Analysis in Complex Economic …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we employ the agent-based macroeconomic Eurace@ Unibi model to study
the economic implications of different degrees of de-centralization in the wage setting. We …

Unionization structures in international oligopoly

B Pagel, C Wey - Labour, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We examine how competition in international markets affects a union's choice of wage
regime, which can be either uniform or discriminatory. Firms are heterogeneous with regard …

Licensing option to reduce rent extraction by the input supplier

KF Kao, A Mukherjee - Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that if the final goods producers adopt new technologies, the input suppliers
with market power can extract more rent from the final goods producers by increasing the …

Profit-enhancing competitive pressure in vertically related industries

N Matsushima, T Mizuno - Journal of the Japanese and International …, 2012 - Elsevier
Under a simple Cournot model with vertical relations, when downstream firms engage in
process R&D, the profits of input suppliers for which upstream competition exists may be …

Technology Licensing under Successive Monopoly

PC Shih, TH Chou, H Hwang, YS Lin - Review of Industrial Organization, 2024 - Springer
Assume that there is an outside innovator who owns a cost-reducing innovation and the
market structure of the industry in question is that of successive monopoly. It is found that, an …

[HTML][HTML] Incentives for labour-augmenting innovations in vertical markets: The role of wage rate

L Sandrini - International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2021 - Elsevier
This article analyses the link between the wage rate and the incentives to develop and adopt
a labour-augmenting innovation in a vertical market. In a model where an upstream …