Persistent real effects of nominal shocks is considered in an intertemporal macromodel with capital accumulation and staggered nominal wage contracting. By placing the contracting process in a setting of imperfect competition it becomes possible to avoid the standard problem that intertemporal...

Nominal rigidities imply that monetary neutrality is broken, but can they also account for persistent effects of nominal shocks? One possible propagation mechanism may arise from the fact that nominal price and wage decisions are not coordinated in a decentralized economy, but made by numerous...

Even when international product market integration is taking place between fairly similar countries with low labour mobility, it may have important effects for labour markets by increasing the mobility of jobs. This creates both opportunities through exports and threats from imports. Is there...

Even when international product market integration is taking place between fairly similar countries with low labour mobility, it may have important effects for labour markets by increasing the mobility of jobs. This creates both opportunities through exports and threats from imports. Is there...

In a two-country model with trade driven by comparative advantages, it is considered how imperfectly competitive labour markets are affected by lower frictions in international goods trade. Easier goods trading is equivalent to increased mobility of employment across countries and thus a change...

Even when international product market integration is taking place between fairly similar countries with low labor mobility, it may have important effects for labor markets by increasing the mobility of jobs. This creates both opportunities through exports and threats from imports. Is there any...