The Economics of Codetermination: Lessons from the German Experience

by John T. Addison

This book provides the first ever comprehensive economic evaluation of the long-standing German system of works councils and worker directors on company boards. This system of codetermination, or Mitbestimmung, is unique in the degree of information provision, consultation, and participation ceded employees. Addison analyzes the effects of works councils on establishment productivity, profitability, investment in physical and intangible capital, employment,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230606091
• ISBN13: 9780230606098
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"