New Evidence on the Effect of Unions and Imports on Monopoly Power

Karier, Thomas

doi:10.1080/01603477.1988.11489692

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“…Freeman (1983) suggests that unions lower financial performance primarily in highly concentrated industries and that monopoly power is the primary source of union rent. Karier (1985Karier ( , 1988 and Salinger (1984) reach a similar conclusion. Clark (1984), by contrast, found no significant relationship between unions and profit in the case of high market share.…”

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The Effects of Labor Unions on Workplace Performance: New Evidence from France

Laroche¹,

Wechtler

2011

J Labor Res

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The Effects of Labor Unions on Workplace Performance: New Evidence from France

Laroche¹,

Wechtler

2011

J Labor Res

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“…The Committee for Economic Development (1984) claims that accelerated compensation costs have played a crucial role in the loss of competitiveness in some US industries. ' Karier's (1985' Karier's ( , 1988' Karier's ( , 1991 analysis questions the negative eOE ects of unionization on competitiveness and concludes that heavily unionized industries have not`lost any more to imports or gained any more in exports than comparable US industries. '…”

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R&D investment and import competition in unionized industries

Nair‐Reichert¹

2001

Applied Economics Letters

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This paper investigates the effect of unionization on the flow of research and development (R&D) investment and import competition in US manufacturing industries. If the unions adopt a myopic strategy, they may attempt to maximize current rents, even if it reduces strategic R&D necessary to compete against imports. However, if unions are employment oriented and realize that R&D is essential to compete effectively against imports and reduce job losses for their members, they may favour a more co-operative strategy. This issue is empirically investigated at the industry level using data from 1975-1984. One of the main contributions of this study is the attempt to distinguish between strategic and non-strategic R&D. The results of this analysis indicate that depending on the extent of unionization, there is a significant amount of variation in the magnitude and direction of the impact of strategic R&D on import penetration. Supporting evidence also indicates that the union rent-seeking behaviour related to strategic R&D investments varies between import and export-competing industries.

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“…Karier (1988) analyzed the determinants of profitability, price-cost margins, across 107 three-digit SIC code manufacturing industries over the period 1965 to 1980. The si@cant determinants included demand growth (percentage change in real shipments from the previous year), the capital-to-sales ratio, the four firm concentration ratio, and two interactive variables, concentration multiplied by import penetration (deflned as industry imports divided by industry sales) and concentration multiplied by percent unionization.…”

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Imports, monopoly power, profits and exchange rates

Evans

1998

The International Trade Journal

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New Evidence on the Effect of Unions and Imports on Monopoly Power

Cited by 39 publications

References 14 publications

The Effects of Labor Unions on Workplace Performance: New Evidence from France

The Effects of Labor Unions on Workplace Performance: New Evidence from France

R&D investment and import competition in unionized industries

Imports, monopoly power, profits and exchange rates

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