Cramton, Peter; Mehran, Hamid; Tracy, Joseph - 2005
-Ner and Jun (1996) model ESOPs as a buyout option for the union. The ownership share of the typical union ESOP, though, is … by the union. We demonstrate that ESOPs create incentives for unions to become weaker bargainers. As a result, the model … bargaining efficiency, we find that the announcement of a union ESOP leads to a 50% larger stock market reaction as compared …