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Economic Integration and Union Power

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  • Bala Batavia
  • Parameswar Nandakumar

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The standard utility-maximizing model of the trade union in a closed economy is reformulated for an environment where economic integration is under way or expected to occur soon. In the (European) realistic setting of union-dominated labor markets, domestic wages are shown to be affected by labor market developments abroad. This article provides an explanation of the international transmission of inflation and disinflation Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

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  • Bala Batavia & Parameswar Nandakumar, 2002. "Economic Integration and Union Power," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 175-182, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:openec:v:13:y:2002:i:2:p:175-182
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1013925331572
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