Unions and profitability: a meta-analysis Doucouliagos, Chris and Laroche, Patrice 2007, Unions and profitability: a meta-analysis, Deakin University, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Geelong, Vic.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Unions and profitability: a meta-analysis Author(s) Doucouliagos, Chris orcid.org/0000-0001-5269-3556 Laroche, Patrice Publication date 2007-10-10 Series School Working Paper - Economic Series ; SWP 2007/01 Total pages 30 Publisher Deakin University, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Place of publication Geelong, Vic. Keyword(s) RePEc:dkn:econwp:eco_2007_01 Summary The effect of unions on profits continues to be an unresolved empirical issue. In this paper, meta-regression analysis is applied to the population of 45 econometric studies that report 532 estimates of the direct effect of unions on profits. We show that unions have a significant negative effect on profits, and that this effect is larger in the US. Separate meta-regression analysis is used to identify the sources of union-profit effects. Meta-analysis of 239 estimates of unions interacted with the hypothesized sources of union rents reveals that neither the market power nor the quasi-rent appropriation theories are supported by the extant studies. Analysis of the between-study heterogeneity reveals that unions have an indirect effect on factor accumulation – they depress physical capital formation and stimulate advertising expenditure. There is a clear need for additional primary research in this area. Notes This working paper was later published in the journal ' Industrial Relations : a Journal of Economy and Society' and is available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00549.x Language eng HERDC Research category CN.1 Other journal article Related work DU:30018452 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30078004 Document type: Report Collections: Faculty of Business and Law RePEc Working Papers Related Links Link Description Connect to published journal article Go to link with your DU access privileges     Link to Related Work Unions and profits : a meta-regression analysis Journal Article (deposited 28-08-2009) Unions and profitability: a meta-analysis Report (deposited 05-09-2015)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 04 Sep 2015, 15:33:57 EST Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 05:08:29 EST Tue, 08 Sep 2015, 14:56:23 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 15:34:41 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 15:36:57 EST Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 14:09:15 EST Tue, 02 Feb 2016, 05:08:52 EST Wed, 04 Oct 2017, 13:51:27 EST Wed, 04 Oct 2017, 13:52:54 EST Wed, 04 Oct 2017, 13:53:42 EST Thu, 05 Oct 2017, 07:53:59 EST Thu, 05 Oct 2017, 08:19:57 EST Thu, 23 Aug 2018, 15:58:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 181 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 04 Sep 2015, 15:33:57 EST

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au.