This paper investigates unionized oligopolistic markets with differentiated products and quality improvement-R&D investments. In endogenous union structures, we investigate the conditions under which firm-level unions may strategically collude, or not, and the impact of their decisions upon the...

This paper studies oligopolistic markets with differentiated products, with endogenous union structures and quality improvement-R&D investments. In the context of a dynamic game-theoretic analysis we investigate the conditions under which firm-level unions may strategically collude, or not, and...

In a union-duopoly strategic context, we explore the endogenous determination and the effects of the unionization structure in a market facing the possibility of inward foreign direct investments (FDI). We focus our analysis on the role of the reservation wages in home and foreign market and...