01734cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008479 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451858013 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kandil, Magda. The Wage-Price Spiral : Industrial Country Evidence and Implications / Magda Kandil. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (36 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using quarterly time-series data for a sample of twelve industrial countries, the paper investigates the dynamics of nominal wage and price adjustments in the face of aggregate demand shocks. The evidence illustrates patterns of the wage-price spiral and accompanying fluctuations. During economic expansions, the overlap of nominal adjustments in labor and product markets prolongs output expansion while maintaining or increasing the standard of living. In contrast, structural and institutional settings appear to have moderated the severity of the effects of contractionary demand shocks on real output growth and the standard of living in the variety of countries under investigation. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/164 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/164/001.2003.issue-164-en.xml IMF e-Library