Regional Asymmetries: Economies of Agglomeration Versus Unionized Labor Markets

Reference : Regional Asymmetries: Economies of Agglomeration Versus Unionized Labor Markets


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Business & economic sciences : Economic systems & public economics
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/25465

Title :	Regional Asymmetries: Economies of Agglomeration Versus Unionized Labor Markets
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Picard, Pierre M [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) >]
	Toulemonde, Eric [Centre de Recherche en Économie Régionale et Politique Économique (CERPE) Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de Gestion (FSESG) Université de Namur > > > ; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)]
Publication date :	2003
Journal title :	Regional Science & Urban Economics
Publisher :	Elsevier Science
Volume :	33
Issue/season :	2
Pages :	223-49
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi^lu)
ISSN :	0166-0462
Keywords :	[en] Economies of agglomeration ; Unions ; Firm location
Abstract :	[en] We study the geographical location of a unionized manufacturing industry under technological externalities. When firms benefit from locating in the vicinity of similar firms, we show that they locate in symmetric, partially asymmetric or single clusters.We examine the effects of changes in the productivity parameters, in the product demand parameters and in the union characteristics. Finally, we explore the possibility of hysteresis in firm location and we analyze the welfare implication of a change in union power.
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