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Unionisation and Foreign Direct Investment: Challenging Conventional Wisdom?

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Leahy, D.
Montagna, C.

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This paper investigates the effects of different degrees of wage setting centralisation on (1) the incentive of a MNE to locate in a host country, (2) the optimal level of investment it decides to commit to its foreign operation, and (3) the host country's welfare.

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Paper provided by College Dublin, Department of Political Economy- in its series Papers with number 99/15.

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Length: 25 pages
Date of creation: 1999
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Handle: RePEc:fth:dublec:99/15

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Keywords: WORKERS' REPRESENTATION ; INVESTMENTS ; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

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F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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  1. Dermot Leahy & Catia Montagna, 2005. "Union Bargaining Power, Social Dumping, and Foreign Direct Investment," International Trade 0510001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
  2. McGuinness, Seamus & Kelly, Elish & O'Connell, Philip J., 2008. "The Impact of Wage Bargaining Regime on Firm-Level Competitiveness and Wage Inequality: The Case of Ireland," Papers WP266, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  3. Dermot Leahy & Catia Montagna, 2005. "Union legislation and export platform FDI," Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 14(4), pages 437-452, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Kangsik, Choi, 2008. "Cournot-Bertrand competition in a unionized mixed duopoly," MPRA Paper 12787, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 26 Dec 2008. [Downloadable!]
  5. Erkki Koskela & Ronnie Schöb, 2008. "Outsourcing of Unionized Firms and the Impacts of Labour Market Policy Reforms," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Choi, Kangsik, 2008. "Comparing Cournot and Bertrand Competition in a Unionized Mixed Duopoly," MPRA Paper 15468, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 27 May 2009. [Downloadable!]
  7. Carsten Eckel & Hartmut Egger, 2006. "Wage Bargaining and Multinational Firms in General Equilibrium," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
  8. Choi, Kangsik, 2009. "Government's Preference and Timing of Endogenous Wage Setting: Perspectives on Privatization and Mixed Duopoly," MPRA Paper 17221, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  9. Dermot Leahy, Catia Montagna, 2000. "Temporary social dumping, union legalisation and FDI: a note on the strategic use of standards," Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 243-259, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Junichiro Ishida & Noriaki Matsushima, 2005. "FDI may help rival firms," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 6(22), pages 1-8. [Downloadable!]
  11. Kangsik, Choi, 2009. "Privatization, Government's Preference and Unionization Structure: A Mixed Oligopoly Approach," MPRA Paper 13028, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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