Ambiguity aversion and the absence of wage indexation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 653-670

  Mukerji, Sujoy ^a   Tallon, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Choquet expected utility; Indexation; Inflation; Knightian uncertainty; Nominal contracts; Uncertainty aversion; Wage contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642501175     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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