Abstract The US Clean Competition Act (CCA) aims to tackle significant sources of
greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in global supply chains. Under the CCA, the foreign …

This article analyses tax competition between a unionised and a non‐unionised country for
the location of an outside firm. We show that unionisation increases the incentive for the …

We consider social efficiency of firm-entry in the presence of foreign competition. If the
labour markets are competitive, entry is insufficient for the domestic country if the …

Why do producers often accept parallel trade in some markets such as automobiles,
clothing, toys and consumer electronics? This paper points to a new factor, viz., the wage …

This paper investigates the effect of trade union structure on firms' technological choices
when unions care about environmental protection. We compare a decentralized with a …

We provide a new rationale for bi-sourcing, which refers to the situation where a final goods
producer buys an input from an outside supplier and also produces it in-house. We also …

Do variations in labor market institutions affect the cross-border organization of the firm?
Using firm-level data on multinationals located in France, we show that firms are more likely …

We show that if a firm can subcontract production to an informal sector, an increase in union
power may either increase or decrease innovation. An increase in union power makes the …

In an economy with unionized labor market, we show that the payoff of an outside innovator
may be higher under royalty licensing than under fixed-fee licensing and auction, if …

We consider a Cournot duopoly consisting of two geographically separated firms, each
associated with a local environmental-friendly trade union that exhibits climate solidarity. In …