Wage Indexation and Macroeconomic Stability : The Gray-Fischer Theorem Revisted /

Since the seminal papers by Gray (1976) and Fischer (1977) were published, the major theorem of the wage indexation literature has been that indexing wages stabilizes output when shocks are nominal and destabilizes output when shocks are real. This paper reexamines the validity of this proposition t...

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Main Author: Jadresic, Esteban
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/121
Online Access:Full text available on IMF