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The welfare effect of foreign monetary conservatism with non-atomistic wage setters

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  • Vincenzo Cuciniello

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This paper extends the closed economy analysis of strategic interaction between labor unions and the monetary authority in Lippi (REStud 2003) to a two-country open economy framework. It sheds light on the real effect of foreign central bank conservatism, which�through a strategic mechanism that operates via the terms of trade between the two independent monetary policy makers�entails wage moderation. The impact of domestic central bank conservatism hinges instead on the combination of three strategic effects.

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  • Vincenzo Cuciniello, 2011. "The welfare effect of foreign monetary conservatism with non-atomistic wage setters," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 810, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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    Keywords

    foreign central bank conservatism; centralized wage setting; open-economy macro;
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    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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