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Monetary persistence and the labor market : a new perspective

Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2010

In this paper we propose a novel way to model the labor market in the context of a New-Keynesian general equilibrium model, incorporating labor market frictions in the form of hiring and firing costs. We show that such a model is able to replicate many important stylized facts of the business...

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Envy, guilt, and the Phillips curve

Ahrens, Steffen; Snower, Dennis J. - 2012

We incorporate inequity aversion into an otherwise standard New Keynesian dynamic equilibrium model with Calvo wage contracts and positive inflation. Workers with relatively low incomes experience envy, whereas those with relatively high incomes experience guilt. The former seek to raise their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488916

Cooperation, motivation and social balance

Bosworth, Steven; Singer, Tania; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016

This paper examines the reflexive interplay between individual decisions and social forces to analyze the evolution of cooperation in the presence of "multi-directedness," whereby people's preferences depend on their psychological motives. People have access to multiple, discrete motives....

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Multitasking and wages

Görlich, Dennis; Snower, Dennis J. - 2013

within education groups, our theory helps to explain (1) rising wage inequality between groups, and (2) rising wage …

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Worker identity, employment fluctuations and stabilization policy

Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Snower, Dennis J. - 2013

This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis", whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...

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The firm as a pool of factor complementarities

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2003

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The division of labor and the market for organizations

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2000

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A theory of price adjustment under loss aversion

Ahrens, Steffen; Pirschel, Inske; Snower, Dennis J. - 2014

We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect … theory, the consumers' perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility … an otherwise standard dynamic neoclassical model of monopolistic competition. The resulting theory of price adjustment is …

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Identity-driven cooperation versus competition

Snower, Dennis J.; Bosworth, Steven - 2016

This paper seeks to extend the domain of identity economics by exploring motivational foundations of in-group cooperation and out-group competition. On this basis, we explore the reflexive interaction between individual economic decisions and social identities in response to technological change...

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A theory of wage adjustment under loss aversion

Ahrens, Steffen; Pirschel, Inske; Snower, Dennis J. - 2014

We present a new theory of wage adjustment, based on worker loss aversion. In line with prospect theory, the workers … price. Firms adjust wages flexibly in response to variations in labor demand. The resulting theory of wage adjustment is …

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