Optimal Central Bank Conservatism and Monopoly Trade Unions /

The "conservative central banker" has come under attack recently. On the basis of models in which there is explicit interaction between trade union behavior and monetary policy, it has been argued that if 'trade unions' are averse to inflation, welfare will be lower with a conser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hefeker, Carsten
Other Authors: Berger, Helge, Schlob, Ronnie
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/044
Online Access:Full text available on IMF