This paper aims at identifying and quantifying different sources of persistency in employment adjustment. Based on a dynamic labour market model an explicit distinction is made between real and nominal (prices and wage) propagation mechanisms. The theoretical analysis provides the basis for an...

This paper analyzes the real and monetary effects of a shift in the exchange-rate policy in an economy where the private sector is uncertain about the true intentions of the government. In a finitely repeated game of incomplete information, the authors show that a shift towards a tight, fixed...