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The Price-Wage Mechanism in Poland: An Endogenous Switching Model

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  • Jacek Osiewalski
  • Aleksander Welfe

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This paper proposes a two-equation price-wage model that enables to test whether the inflationary pressure on wage rate is only present when the rate of inflation is greater than some threshold value. Since the likelihood function for this model is very nonstandard, we develop a small-sample Bayesian approach to estimate its parameters. Our empirical results for Poland, 1962–1993, give support to the hypothesis of the price- wage spiral with a positive threshold value of inflation. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

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  • Jacek Osiewalski & Aleksander Welfe, 1997. "The Price-Wage Mechanism in Poland: An Endogenous Switching Model," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 205-220, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:ecopln:v:30:y:1997:i:2:p:205-220
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1003015909891
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