Policy rule evaluation by contract-markets: 100 years of wage contract lenght in Sweden/

The length of collective wage agreements in Sweden between 1908 and 2005 is explored to evaluate a variety of policy regimes from the wage contract-makers' perspective. Adopting a new long-run test, it is found that wage contract length decreases in response to an increase in "macroeconomi...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Fregert, Klas.
Corporate συγγραφέας: European Commission : Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jonung, Lars.
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα: Greek
English
Στοιχεία έκδοσης: Bruxelles- Luxembourg: European Comission: Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, 2006.
Σειρά: European Economy. Economic papers ; 270.
Διαθέσιμο Online: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication_summary798_en.htm
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Περίληψη: The length of collective wage agreements in Sweden between 1908 and 2005 is explored to evaluate a variety of policy regimes from the wage contract-makers' perspective. Adopting a new long-run test, it is found that wage contract length decreases in response to an increase in "macroeconomic uncertainty" across policy regimes. There is also substantial short-run variation in contract length, which cautions against regime divisions based solely on the policy rule. The inflation targeting regime 1995-2005 stands out as an exceptionally stable policy regime as judged by the willingness of contract-makers to repeatedly commit to three-year non-indexed wage agreements. The results are based on a data base on collective wage agreements unique in international comparisons in terms of length and coverage.
Φυσική περιγραφή: 32 σ.: πιν. 30 εκ.
ISSN: 1016-8060 (print)
1725-3187 (online)
Σχετικά τεκμήρια: Economic Papers