Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
No 145: Labor market regimes and the effects of monetary policy
Nicola Acocella, Giovanni Di Bartolomeo and Douglas A. Hibbs Jr. ()
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Nicola Acocella: University of Rome, "La Sapienza"
Giovanni Di Bartolomeo: University of Rome, "La Sapienza"
Douglas A. Hibbs Jr.: CEFOS, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 720, Göteborg 4053, Sweden
Abstract: In this paper we use a standard multi-union, monopolistic competition model to evaluate analytically and numerically the effects of monetary policy on inflation and unemployment under different institutional arrangements in the labor market that are defined by the rigidity of nominal wages. We show that the effects of monetary policy on the real economy depend critically on the wage formation regime, and on the ways in which the restrictiveness of policy interacts with product price competition, wage setting centralization and the utility weight unions place on real wage premiums as compared to unemployment. Our interpretation of the results emphasizes how the posture of monetary policy toward inflation influences the strategic calculations driving unions’ wage setting behavior in different institutional environments.
Keywords: Policy games; monetary policy neutrality; trade unions; monopolistic competition; labor markets
30 pages, First version: August 11, 2004. Revised: May 12, 2006. Earlier revisions: April 22, 2005.
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