The Free Rider Problem and a Social Custom Model of Trade Union Membership.

Booth, A. L. (1985). The Free Rider Problem and a Social Custom Model of Trade Union Membership. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 100(1), 253-261.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1985

DOI

10.2307/1885744

Link

https://doi.org/10.2307/1885744

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economics_finance

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Primes

• Free Riding
  • Closed-shop and agency-fee arrangements exist to solve free riding by making contribution mandatory or making benefits conditional on contribution, a problem Booth (1985) formalized in her social-custom model of trade union membership.

    This sourceFormal social-custom model of union membership under non-excludable bargaining benefits; supports the labor-union free-riding claim and how closed-shop/social-custom effects address it.

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