Unlike earlier studies, which focus on one model, I use data on British coal mining strikes to test several models of strikes, for example, the war-of-attrition, one-sided asymmetric information and joint costs models as well as the safety valve hypothesis, which is related to “forest fire” models of strikes. I determine whether the data and estimates are compatible with these models as well as how observers in retrospective and contemporary accounts viewed these strikes. I find that the empirical and narrative evidence is supportive of the safety valve hypothesis, but is often at odds with the other (more commonly used) models.

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1893–1940年英国煤矿开采中的罢工：罢工的测试模型

与早期的研究仅关注一种模型不同，我使用英国煤矿罢工数据来测试多种罢工模型，例如，消耗战，单面不对称信息和联合成本模型以及安全阀假说，与“森林大火”罢工模型有关。我确定数据和估计是否与这些模型兼容，以及回顾性和当代性观察者如何看待这些罢工。我发现经验和叙述证据支持安全阀假设，但通常与其他（更常用的）模型不一致。