TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bloom,David E.
AU  - Cavanagh,Christopher L.
TI  - An Analysis of the Selection of Arbitrators
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 1938
PY  - 1986
Y2  - May 1986
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1938
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1938.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
David E. Bloom
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Global Health and Population
665 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617/432-0866
Fax: 617/432-6733
E-Mail: dbloom@hsph.harvard.edu
AB  - This paper analyses data on union and employer rankings of different
panels of arbitrators in an actual arbitration system. A random utility
model of bargainer preferences is developed and estimated. The estimates
indicate that unions and employers have similar preferences, in favor of
lawyers, more experienced arbitrators, and arbitrators who seem to have
previously favored their side. Alternative rankings models, which are
estimated to test whether bargainers rank arbitrators strategically, reveal
no evidence of strategic behavior.
ER  -