This paper investigates the patterns of bargaining in multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the presence of labor unions … unions’ per member transaction costs may attenuate the conflict of interests between bargaining parties as regards the …

unions. The problem is relevant to scholars and the labor movement, requiring a deeper understanding of union membership … primarily perceived cause of declining union membership, (b) unions should be more effective in collective bargaining, and (c …

extensive, especially in non-Anglo-Saxon countries. Strong unions may influence firms' incentives to invest in capital …, particularly in sectors where capital investments are sunk (irreversible), as in research-intensive sectors. Whether unions affect … firms' investment in capital depends on the structure and coordination of bargaining, the preference of unions between wages …

strength of unions. It is against this background that our study seeks to examine the effect of unions' bargaining (proxied by … (GLFS 2015) respectively. The findings indicate that unions' bargaining effect on wages is positive. Furthermore, the study …

The micro- and macroeconomic effects of the declining power of trade unions have been hotly debated by economists and …

This article analyzes how Nordic trade unions cooperate with unions in Europe, and what actors and organizations they … unions in different sectors, and make some comparisons with unions in other European countries. As a background, we first … professional/academic unions are the least engaged. This implies that, besides variation between countries, variation between …

The article tries to answer an old question of economic theory and institutional economics: How do trade unions fit …