To be (unionized) or not to be? A case for cost-raising strategies under Cournot oligopoly

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1763-1781

  Vannini, Stefano ^a,b   Bughin, Jacques ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost raising strategies; Cournot oligopoly; Union firm bargaining

Indexed keywords

MARKET CONDITIONS; OLIGOPOLOY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE UNION;

EID: 0033752887     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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