Monopsony Makes Firms Not Only Small but Also Unproductive: Why East Germany has Not Converged

Journal:

The Review of Economic Studies

Published:

2026-05-22

DOI:

10.1093/restud/rdag033

Affiliations:

13

Authors:

4

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Institutions	Authors	Share
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Deutsche Post Foundation, Germany	1.333333	0.33
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), France	0.500000	0.13
CESifo Group Munich, Germany	0.500000	0.13
Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Spain	0.500000	0.13
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany	0.333333	0.08
Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (HdBA), Germany	0.333333	0.08
University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA)	0.250000	0.06
University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany	0.250000	0.06

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