Employment, hours and optimal monetary policy
In: Discussion paper Eurosystem
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In: Discussion paper Eurosystem
In: Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 22/2021
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In: Journal of Monetary Economics, Band 104, S. 67-84
In: Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 01/2015
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We characterize optimal monetary policy in a New Keynesian search-and-matching model where multiple-worker firms satisfy demand in the short run by adjusting hours per worker. Imperfect product market competition and search frictions reduce steady state hours per worker below the efficient level. Bargaining results in a convex 'wage curve' linking wages to hours. Since the steadystate real marginal wage is low, wages respond little to hours. As a result, firms overuse the hours margin at the expense of hiring, which makes hours too volatile. The Ramsey planner uses inflation as an instrument to dampen inefficient hours fluctuations.
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We estimate the effects of exogenous innovations to the balance sheet of the ECB since the start of the financial crisis within a structural VAR framework. An expansionary balance sheet shock stimulates bank lending, stabilizes financial markets, and has a positive impact on economic activity and prices. The effects on bank lending and output turn out to be smaller in the member countries that have been more affected by the financial crisis, in particular those countries where the banking system is less well-capitalized.
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In: ECB Working Paper No. 1713
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4907
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In: National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 262
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In: Journal of economic dynamics & control, Band 34, Heft 9, S. 1680-1699
ISSN: 0165-1889
In: Journal of policy modeling: JPMOD ; a social science forum of world issues
ISSN: 0161-8938
In: Bundesbank Series 1 Discussion Paper No. 2007,03
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In: ECB Working Paper No. 727
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This paper documents producer price setting in 6 countries of the euro area: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Portugal. It collects evidence from available studies on each of those countries and also provides new evidence. These studies use monthly producer price data. The following five stylised facts emerge consistently across countries. First, producer prices change infrequently : each month around 21% of prices change. Second, there is substantial cross-sector heterogeneity in the frequency of price changes: prices change very often in the energy sector, less often in food and intermediate goods and least often in nondurable non- food and durable goods. Third, countries have a similar ranking of industries in terms of frequency of price changes. Fourth, there is no evidence of downward nominal rigidity: price changes are for about 45% decreases and 55% increases. Fifth, price changes are sizeable compared to the inflation rate. The paper also examines the factors driving producer price changes. It finds that costs structure, competition, seasonality, inflation and attractive pricing all play a role in driving producer price changes. In addition producer prices tend to be more flexible than consumer prices.
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In: Banco de España Research Paper No. WP-0703
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