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Optimal Strategies in Unionized Oligopoly and Inward FDI

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  • Minas Vlassis

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

  • Stefanos Mamakis

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  • Minas Vlassis & Stefanos Mamakis, 2014. "Optimal Strategies in Unionized Oligopoly and Inward FDI," Working Papers 1402, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Oligopoly; Cournot Duopoly; Labour Unions; Unionisation; Foreign Direct Investment; Endogenous Objectives;
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    JEL classification:

    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements

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