Cost of Living Adjustment and Business Cycles : Disaggregated Evidence /

For a sample of US industries, nominal wage and price inflation follow aggregate price inflation closely during economic expansions. Hence, fluctuations in profit markup and real output are moderate in the face of expansionary demand shocks. During recessions, however, industrial nominal wage deflat...

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Autor principal: Kandil, Magda
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/124
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF