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We study the link between expected inflation and wages using novel panel data from German firms and employees. We find … that pass-through - the percentage point change in wage growth given a one percentage point change in expected inflation … extensive margin, expected inflation has little effect on additional wage negotiations. …
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account middle-inflation overestimate the impact of financial expectations. …
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with rational expectations. We extend a standard New Keynesian model with a zero-lower bound on inflation expectations …
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We review recent research and experiences linking inflation and expectations, emphasizing what has been learned since … 2020. One clear lesson is that the inflation expectations of most economic agents have been and remain unanchored. The … unanchored nature of inflation expectations, in combination with supply shocks, can explain much of the inflation surge and …
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inflation (sunspot shocks) affecting nominal wage bargaining. Since the estimated parameters fall near the locus of Hopf … bifurcations, country-specific expected inflation shocks can replicate the strong persistence and heterogeneity observed in …, choose to consume their current income. -- Unemployment fluctuations ; sunspots equilibria ; expected inflation ; wage …
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Households' and firms' subjective inflation expectations play a central role in macroeconomic and intertemporal … microeconomic models. We discuss how subjective inflation expectations are measured, the patterns they display, their determinants …
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We study fiscal devaluation in a small-open economy with labor market search frictions. Our analysis shows the key role of both dimensions in shaping the optimal tax scheme. By reducing labor market distortions, the tax reform is welfare-improving. Yet, as it makes imports more expensive, fiscal...
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We examine the efficacy of affirmative action at universities whose value depends on peer and alumni networks. We study an elite Brazilian university that adopted race- and income-based affirmative action at a large scale. Using employer-employee data, we show that a key benefit of attending the...
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This paper examines how homeownership status shapes attention to inflation and its impact on durable consumption. Using … randomized controlled trials on U.S. households (2021-2023), we document systematic heterogeneity in responses to inflation … variation in inflation expectations induced by the treatments, we find that homeowners adjust durable spending significantly …
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