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U.S. Foreign Production and Unions
Author(s) -
KARIER THOMAS
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1995.tb00363.x
Subject(s) - monopoly , production (economics) , economics , international trade , power (physics) , international economics , business , labour economics , market economy , macroeconomics , physics , quantum mechanics
Based on analysis of industry by region data the author finds little evidence that U.S. unions have been a significant factor in the decision of U.S. firms to produce abroad. In effect, the composition of U.S. foreign production does not appear to be drawn from U.S. industries with especially high domestic unionization. Corresponding with previous research, the research do indicate that monopoly power, foreign tariffs and barriers, and the size and distance of foreign markets and important determinants of U.S. foreign production.