Arbeitspapier

Unionization Structure, Licensing and Innovation

Taking technological differences between firms as given, we show that the technologically advanced firm has a stronger incentive for technology licensing under a decentralized unionization structure than with centralized wage setting. Furthermore, We show that, in presence of licensing, the incentive for innovation may also be stronger under decentralized unions. Unions have a clear preference for centralization only if productivity improvements are relatively small.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 05-109/4

Classification
Wirtschaft
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
Subject
Licensing
downstream market
upstream market
innovation
welfare

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Mukherjee, Arijit
Pennings, Enrico
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Tinbergen Institute
(where)
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
(when)
2005

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Mukherjee, Arijit
  • Pennings, Enrico
  • Tinbergen Institute

Time of origin

  • 2005

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