Unions and Bankruptcy
I didn't know the answer to this. Does anyone else? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] He wrote a letter, but did not post it because he felt that no one would have understood what he wanted to say, and besides it was not necessary that anyone but himself should understand it. Leo Tolstoy, *The Cossacks* ---BeginMessage--- Hello Bryan, Has anyone compared whether or not highly unionized firms are more likely to go bankrupt? Jim ---End Message---
Re: Unions and Bankruptcy
Freedman and Medoff looked at effects on profits (and concluded that the profit effects almost exactly offset the productivity differences), but I don't know of any study of bankruptcy. I've seen a study that showed that union firms have higher debt-equity ratios. - - Bill William T. Dickens The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 797-6113 FAX: (202) 797-6181 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL IM: wtdickens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/11/02 11:45AM I didn't know the answer to this. Does anyone else? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] He wrote a letter, but did not post it because he felt that no one would have understood what he wanted to say, and besides it was not necessary that anyone but himself should understand it. Leo Tolstoy, *The Cossacks*
Re: Unions and Bankruptcy
I would ask Chuck Baird at Cal State Hayward. He'd be most likely to know. You could also ask Jim Bennett at George Mason. Bennett edits the Journal of Labor research. mitch - Original Message - From: Bryan Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:45 am Subject: Unions and Bankruptcy I didn't know the answer to this. Does anyone else? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] He wrote a letter, but did not post it because he felt that no one would have understood what he wanted to say, and besides it was not necessary that anyone but himself should understand it. Leo Tolstoy, *The Cossacks* ---BeginMessage--- Hello Bryan, Has anyone compared whether or not highly unionized firms are more likely to go bankrupt? Jim ---End Message---
Re: Unions and Bankruptcy
That's Freeman of course. Not Freedman. - - Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/11/02 01:27PM Freedman and Medoff looked at effects on profits (and concluded that the profit effects almost exactly offset the productivity differences), but I don't know of any study of bankruptcy. I've seen a study that showed that union firms have higher debt-equity ratios. - - Bill William T. Dickens The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 797-6113 FAX: (202) 797-6181 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL IM: wtdickens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/11/02 11:45AM I didn't know the answer to this. Does anyone else? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] He wrote a letter, but did not post it because he felt that no one would have understood what he wanted to say, and besides it was not necessary that anyone but himself should understand it. Leo Tolstoy, *The Cossacks*
