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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Автор: Jadresic, Esteban
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/121
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
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