Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - O'Brien, Kevin TI - Union wage, nonwage and political effects on protective service budgets JO - Applied Economics PY - 2009-04-01T00:00:00/// VL - 41 IS - 9 SP - 1175 EP - 1182 N2 - Previous studies have shown that public employee unions can affect the budgets for their municipal services. I determine the specific sources of these increased budgets for municipal services: increased wages, nonwage bargaining issues, or political activity. Using data from national, cross-sectional samples for police and fire departments, I show that increased union wages do not affect the size of police and fire budgets size whereas nonwage bargaining outcomes and union political activity do affect police and fire budgets. Thus, nonwage contract issues should be recognized as another important vehicle for public employee unions to affect the budgets for their services. UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/raef/2009/00000041/00000009/art00009 M3 - doi:10.1080/00036840601019257 UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601019257 ER -