Competition and the capital-labor conflict |
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Authors: | David Spector |
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Institution: | a Cepremap, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France b Economics Department, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper analyzes the distributional effects of changes in the intensity of product market competition. The focus is on the interaction between imperfect competition in product markets and bargaining in the labor market. The main result is that, while a uniform intensification of product market competition increases employment, it may cause real wages to fall, in the short run as well as in the long run. This is especially likely if labor market regulations are favorable to workers. Therefore, product market and labor market regulations tend to reinforce each other politically, and compensatory fiscal transfers may be needed in order to enact employment-enhancing deregulation policies. |
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Keywords: | E24 E25 J5 |
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