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Welfare Improving Cartel Formation in a Union-Oligopoly Static Framework

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  • Minas Vlassis

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

  • Stefanos Mamakis

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  • Minas Vlassis & Stefanos Mamakis, 2014. "Welfare Improving Cartel Formation in a Union-Oligopoly Static Framework," Working Papers 1407, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Oligopoly; Unions; Collusion;
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    JEL classification:

    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • 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

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