The (ir)relevance of real wage rigidity in the New Keynesian model with search frictions

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 706-727

  Krause, Michael U ^a   Lubik, Thomas A ^b  

^a Economic Research Center   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Beveridge curve; Labor market; New Keynesian model; Real wage; Search and matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247325606     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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