Wage Moderation in Crises : Policy Considerations and Applications to the Euro Area /

The paper studies the impacts of wage moderation in the euro area. Simulation results show that if a single euro area crisis-hit economy undertakes wage moderation, the impact on output is positive for that economy and for the entire euro area. If all crisis-hit economies undertake wage moderation t...

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Main Author: Decressin, Jorg
Other Authors: Espinoza, Raphael, Halikias, Ioannis, Kumhof, Michael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2015/022
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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