Outputs (7)

Labour unionisation structure and product innovation (2017)
Journal Article
Basak, D., & Mukherjee, A. (2018). Labour unionisation structure and product innovation. International Review of Economics and Finance, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.12.013

This paper contributes to the recently growing literature by examining the effects of different labour unionisation structures on innovation. Using a Cournot duopoly set up, we investigate the effects of centralised and decentralised labour unions on... Read More about Labour unionisation structure and product innovation.

Firm-asymmetry and strategic outsourcing (2017)
Journal Article
Cao, J., Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (in press). Firm-asymmetry and strategic outsourcing. International Review of Economics and Finance, 53, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.10.008

In contrast to the conventional wisdom, we show that a final goods producer may outsource input production to an outside supplier even if the final goods producer possesses a superior input-production technology compared to the outside supplier. Such... Read More about Firm-asymmetry and strategic outsourcing.

Vertical integration and product differentiation (2017)
Journal Article
Zanchettin, P., & Mukherjee, A. (2017). Vertical integration and product differentiation. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 55, 25-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.07.004

We study a new channel of downstream rent extraction through vertical integration: competition for integration. Innovative downstream firms create value and profit opportunities through product differentiation, which however affects an upstream monop... Read More about Vertical integration and product differentiation.

Firm-productivity and export under non-constant marginal costs (2017)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A. (2017). Firm-productivity and export under non-constant marginal costs. Economics Bulletin, 37(2),

Recent theoretical research shows that exporters are more productive than non- exporters. We show that this result holds almost trivially for the case of a constant marginal cost of production, as mainly assumed in the literature, but it may not hold... Read More about Firm-productivity and export under non-constant marginal costs.

Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation (2017)
Journal Article
Beladi, H., & Mukherjee, A. (2017). Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 137, 90-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.02.013

We show that if a firm can subcontract production to an informal sector, an increase in union power may either increase or decrease innovation. An increase in union power makes the firm worse off irrespective of its effect on innovation. However, in... Read More about Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation.

Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices (2017)
Journal Article
Tsai, Y., & Mukherjee, A. (in press). Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices. Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-017-0523-y

This paper examines a foreign technology holder’s licensing choices between royalty and fixed-fee scheme. We emphasize that foreign licensor chooses the quality of licensed technology when the licensee country does not implement perfect intellectual... Read More about Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices.

Price vs. quantity competition in a vertically related market revisited (2017)
Journal Article
Basak, D., & Mukherjee, A. (2017). Price vs. quantity competition in a vertically related market revisited. Economics Letters, 153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.021

In a recent paper, Alipranti et al. (2014, Price vs. quantity competition in a vertically related market, Economics Letters, 124: 122-126) show that, in a vertically related market, Cournot competition yields higher social welfare than Bertrand compe... Read More about Price vs. quantity competition in a vertically related market revisited.