The Negative Mean Output Gap /

We argue that in an economy with downward nominal wage rigidity, the output gap is negative on average. Because it is more difficult to cut wages than to increase them, firms reduce employment more during downturns than they increase employment during expansions. This is demonstrated in a simple New...

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主要作者: Aiyar, Shekhar
其他作者: Voigts, Simon
格式: 杂志
语言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
丛编:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/183
在线阅读:Full text available on IMF