Gechert, Sebastian; Rietzler, Katja; Tober, Silke - 2014
of Spain from 26.6% to 20.7% for 2015. To test the dependence of the new NAIRU on unemployment versus structural factors …, we run counterfactual simulations applying one-standard deviation shocks to actual unemployment and to the structural … unemployment. This calls in question both the interpretation of potential output estimates as barriers to more vigorous inflation …