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We analyze the welfare impact of greater wage flexibility in the presence of an occasionally binding zero lower bound (ZLB) constraint on the nominal interest rate. We show that the ZLB constraint generally amplifies the adverse effects of greater wage flexibility on welfare when the central...
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particular, it provides a natural interpretation for the dynamic inflation--unemployment relation found in the data …
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model labor market frictions and unemployment explicitly. The present paper describes some of the essential ingredients and …
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We construct a utility-based model of fluctuations, with nominal rigidities and unemployment, and draw its implications … for the unemployment-inflation tradeoff and for the conduct of monetary policy.lt;brgt;lt;brgt;We proceed in two steps. We … effect on unemployment in the constrained efficient allocation. We then focus on the implications of alternative real wage …
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The unemployment rate in the euro area appears to contain a significant nonstationary component, suggesting that some … Keynesian model with unemployment, and assess their empirical relevance …
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