Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation

We show that if a firm can subcontract production to an informal sector, an increase in union power may either increase or decrease innovation. An increase in union power makes the firm worse off irrespective of its effect on innovation. However, in contrast to the usual belief, an increase in union...

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Main Authors: Beladi, Hamid, Mukherjee, Arijit
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40707/