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Labor Unions and the Economic Performance of Unions

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  • Barry T. Hirsch

    (Florida State University)

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Hirsch develops a model of union rent-seeking in which the unions capture a share of quasi-rents that make up the normal ROI in long-lived capital and R&D. He finds that in response, firms adjust their investments in vulnerable tangible and intangible capital. Hirsch also attempts to explain the connection between the contraction of the size of unions which occurred in the 1970s and firms' lower profitability, diminished market value, and lower investment levels.

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This book is provided by W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in its series Books from Upjohn Press with number luepf and published in 1991.

ISBN: paper 9780880991100
Handle: RePEc:upj:ubooks:luepf

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Keywords: unions; labor-management relations; restructuring; collective bargaining; union-management relations;

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