Paper to be presented at the conference The Effect of Interjurisdictional Competition on
Regulation, Heidelberg, 9-11 June 2005
Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the
United States: Alliances and Raising Rivals’ Costs (and
Sometimes Lowering One’s Own)
John T. Addison
University of South Carolina and Universidade de Coimbra
May 2005