The Location of Firms in Unionized Countries

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This paper develops a two-country economic geography model with Cournot competition, where the labor markets are unionized so that trade unions bargain efficiently with each firm over wages and employment. Agglomeration forces are present due to wage premia obtained by the trade unions. It is shown that if the bargaining power of unions differs across countries then, as trade costs are reduced, the country with relatively weak unions gradually acquires all firms. However, for a range of trade costs, it is also a locally stable equilibrium for all firms to locate in the country with strong unions
Original languageEnglish
JournalScandinavian Journal of Economics
Volume105
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)49-71
Number of pages22
ISSN0347-0520
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

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