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Do business cycle fluctuations leave a role and a welfare case for an active stabilization policy by means of fiscal policy instruments? We address this issue in a two-sector open economy model with price-taking firms and imperfect competition in the labour market. Fiscal policies are shown to...
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The scope for an active demand management policy is considered for a small open economy. Business cycle fluctuations generated either by supply or demand shocks are shown to imply welfare losses when agents are risk averse and the capital market imcomplete. Public demand for non-tradeables has...
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This paper reviews the literature on the effects of low steady-state inflation on wage formation, focusing on four … different effects. First, under low inflation, downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) may prevent real wage cuts that would have … happened had inflation been higher. Second, wages (and prices) are given in nominal contracts, and inflation affects both how …
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have a stronger bargaining position when they try to prevent a cut in nominal wages. If inflation is so low that some … a long run trade off between inflation and unemployment for low levels of inflation. The prediction that low inflation …
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This paper reviews the literature on the effects of low steady-state inflation on wage formation, focusing on four … different effects. First, under low inflation, downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) may prevent real wage cuts that would have … happened had inflation been higher. Second, wages (and prices) are given in nominal contracts, and inflation affects both how …
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