In this paper we develop a Cournot duopoly model to assess how workplace unions affect process and product innovation. We consider an industrial relations system where firm- and industry-level organizations coexist. In the spirit of the literature on voice, we assume that local bodies decrease...

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 is allowed to differ across unionized and non-unionized sectors due to collective voice mechanism. Our findings suggest...

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 is allowed to differ across unionized and non-unionized sectors due to collective voice mechanism. Our findings suggest...