Green Trade Unions: Structure, Wages and Environmental Technology

Elias Asproudis () and Maria Gil-Moltó ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Maria Jose Gil Molto

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2015, vol. 60, issue 2, 165-189

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of trade union structure on firms’ technological choices when unions care about environmental protection. We compare a decentralized with a centralized union structure in a Cournot duopoly. Our results suggest that a decentralized structure provides higher incentives for the investment in cleaner technologies, although emissions may be lower under a centralized structure. The effect of the environmental damage parameter on wages and output may be non-monotonic. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Trade union structure; Environmental concerns; Emissions; Technology; Wages; Employment; J51; L13; Q5; O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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