Settlement probability asymmetries in the Swedish Labour Court

Morgan Westéus ()

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, vol. 38, issue 3, 485-512

Abstract: This paper focuses on settlement probabilities for different types of representation within the Swedish Labour Court. Empirical estimates on a set of cases concerned with unjust dismissals show that private representatives are generally less likely to reach a settlement than their union counterparts. The settlement probabilities converge following court-mandated information disclosure, which suggests that information asymmetry is an important factor in explaining differences in settlement behaviour and that private negotiations are not sufficient in general. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Unjust dismissals; Negotiations; Settlements; Trade unions; D81; D82; J52; K31; K41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-013-9397-9

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