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Discussion Papers In Economics And Business. 2018, 18-14, p. 1-28

The endogenous decisions of unionization and international trade : A general oligopolistic equilibrium model analysis

Sano, Hosaki

Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University

英語

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2018-05

http://www2.econ.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/global/dp/1814.pdf

This paper presents a multi-sector general oligopolistic equilibrium trade model in which unionized and non-unionized sectors interact. In our model, the proportion of unionized sectors to all sectors is endogenously determined. We show that the proportion of unionized sectors depends on exogenous parameters such as productivity, population, the number of firms, union costs, and globalization. The increase in population raises the proportion of unionized sectors and lowers the competitive wage, whereas the increase in the number of firms and in the union cost lowers the proportion of unionized sectors and raises the competitive wage. We also show that trade openness between symmetric countries raises the competitive wage and lowers the proportion of unionized sectors, whereas the effect on welfare is ambiguous.

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The endogenous decisions of unionization and international trade : A general oligopolistic equilibrium model analysis

Sano, Hosaki

Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University

英語

2018-05

Discussion Papers In Economics And Business

18-14

1

28

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/68340

http://www2.econ.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/global/dp/1814.pdf