Unions, competition and international trade in general equilibrium
Bastos, Paulo ; Kreickemeier, Udo
University of Nottingham. The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
University of Nottingham - Nottingham
2008
20 p.
competition ; trade liberalization ; trade unionization ; trade union role ; wages
Research Paper
28
Trade unionism
English
Bibliogr.
"We develop a two-country, multi-sector model of oligopoly in which unionised and non-unionised sectors interact in general equilibrium. The model is used to study the impact of trade liberalisation, deunionisation and firm entry on wages and on welfare."
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