International outsourcing and trade union (de-)centralisation

We study the effects of centralised versus decentralised wage setting in a unionsed duopoly where firms can outsource parts of input production to foreign subcontractors. We show that decentralised (as opposed to centralised) wage setting allows trade unions to capture a larger share of the rents ge...

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Main Author: Lommerud, Kjell Erik (author)
Other Authors: Meland, Frode (author), Straume, Odd Rune (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/61680
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/61680