Trend inflation, endogenous mark-ups and the non-vertical Phillips curve

Giovanni Di Bartolomeo (), Patrizio Tirelli and Nicola Acocella ()

No 186, Working Papers from University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics

Abstract: Recent developments in macroeconomics resurrect the view that wel- fare costs of inflation arise because the latter acts as a tax on money balances. Empirical contributions show that wage re-negotiations take place while expiring contracts are still in place. Bringing these seemingly unrelated aspects together in a stylized general equilibrium model, we ?nd a disciplining e¤ect of a positive inflation target on the wage markup and identify a long-term trade-off between in?ation and output.

Keywords: trend inflation; long-run Phillips curve; in?ation targeting; real money balances. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E52 E58 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2010-05, Revised 2010-05
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