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Nominal Wage Rigidities in a New Keynesian Model with Frictional Unemployment
Bodart, Vincent; Walque, Gregory De; Pierrard, Olivier; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper, we propose a search and matching model with nominal stickiness à la Calvo in the wage bargaining. We analyze the properties of the model, first, in the context of a typical real business cycle model driven by stochastic productivity shocks and second, in a fully specified...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703177
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Sequential Bargaining in a New-Keynesian Model with Frictional Unemployment and Staggered Wage Negotiation
De Walque, Gregory; Pierrard, Olivier; Sneessens, Henri; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We consider a model with frictional unemployment and staggered wage bargaining where hours worked are negotiated every period. The workers' bargaining power in the hours negotiation affects both unemployment volatility and inflation persistence. The closer to zero this parameter, (i) the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703208
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The Role of Real Wage Rigidity and Labor Market Frictions for Unemployment and Inflation Dynamics
Christoffel, Kai; Linzert, Tobias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper we incorporate a labor market with matching frictions and wage rigidities into the New Keynesian business cycle model. In particular, we analyze the effect of a monetary policy shock and investigate how labor market frictions affect the transmission process of monetary policy. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703779
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Optimal Price Indices for Targeting Inflation under Incomplete Markets
Anand, Rahul; Prasad, Eswar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating the flexible price equilibrium. In this paper, we develop a two-sector two-good closed economy new Keynesian model to study the optimal choice of price index in markets with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531751
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Price Dynamics and Production Lags
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
This paper provides a new explanation of why inflation is sluggish in response to aggregate demand shocks and why aggregate output changes as result of such shocks. We argue that these phenomena are related to lags between inputs and outputs in the production process, "production lags" for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005702997
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Sind Nominallöhne starr? Neuere Evidenz und wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen
Beissinger, Thomas; Knoppik, Christoph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Bei Vorliegen nach unten starrer Nominallöhne erschwert niedrige Inflation Reallohnanpassungen und führt so möglicherweise zu erhöhter gleichgewichtiger Arbeitslosigkeit. Dieser Aufsatz analysiert die wachsende Evidenz zu nach unten starren Nominallöhnen. Es werden nicht nur die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566472
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Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001: Estimation and Implication
Gong, Cathy Honge; Meng, Xin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822212
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Labor Market Institutions and the Response of Inflation to Macro Shocks in the EU: A Two-Sector Analysis
D'Adamo, Gaetano; Rovelli, Riccardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We model empirically the role of labor market institutions in affecting the response of inflation to labor market and exchange rate shocks in the EU. We adopt a simple Phillips curve framework, treating separately the sectors producing traded and non-traded goods. Our results show that labor...
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House Price Expectations
Niu, Geng; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Utilizing new survey data collected between 2009 and 2014, this paper analyzes American households' subjective expectations on future home values. We explore the relationship between house price expectations, local economic conditions, and households' individual characteristics. We examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959803
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Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve? Some Evidence for Spain
Bentolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The Phillips curve has flattened in Spain over 1995-2006: unemployment has fallen by 15 percentage points, with roughly constant inflation. This change has been more pronounced than elsewhere. We argue that this stems from the immigration boom in Spain over this period. We show that the New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233738