How rigid are nominal wages? Evidence and implications for Germany

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-641

  Knoppik, Christoph ^a   Beissinger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equilibrium unemployment; Germany; Inflation target; Nominal wage rigidity; Phillips curve

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 0348167842     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2003.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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