Krueger, Alan B.; Mas, Alexandre - In: Journal of Political Economy 112 (2004) 2, pp. 253-289
This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of replacement workers at Bridgestone/Firestone's Decatur, Illinois, plant in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of defective tires. Using...