TY - BOOK ID - 84541853 TI - Unionization and Strategic Trade Policy AU - Swagel, Phillip. AU - Tan, Ling. PY - 2000 SN - 1462307647 1451994532 1281600784 1451894287 9786613781475 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Exports and Imports KW - Labor KW - Macroeconomics KW - Trade Policy KW - International Trade Organizations KW - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects KW - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General KW - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy KW - Labor Economics: General KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - International economics KW - Wages KW - Trade policy KW - Wage setting KW - Export subsidies KW - Commercial policy KW - Labor economics KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84541853 AB - This paper examines the effect of unionization on welfare and trade policy in a model of duopolists competing in a third market. It shows that the traditional result that the presence of a union necessitates a stronger strategic trade policy to reach the optimal level of welfare depends on the mode of competition. With Bertrand duopolists, a union can be welfare-improving; it can also lead to a weaker trade policy, or even reverse the direction of the optimal policy. The results highlight the importance for trade policy of understanding the nature of firm behavior and the institutional features of the labor market. ER -