Monetary institutions, monopolistic competition, unionized labor markets and economic performance

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-63

  Coricelli, Fabrizio ^a   Cukierman, Alex ^b   Dalmazzo, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central bank conservativeness; Monopolistic competition; Real effects of monetary policy; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LABOR MARKET; MONETARY POLICY; MONOPOLY; TRADE UNION;

EID: 33646402097     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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