Nominal Wage Flexibility, Wage Indexation and Monetary Union

Lars Calmfors () and Åsa Johansson ()
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Lars Calmfors: Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Postal: Stockholm University, S-106 69 Stockholm, Sweden
Åsa Johansson: Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Postal: Stockholm University, S-106 69 Stockholm, Sweden

No 716, Seminar Papers from Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies

Abstract: Membership in a monetary union (EMU) is likely to imply stronger incentives for nominal wage flexibility in the form of wage indexation and shorter contract length than non-membership. For example, EMU entry may cause a move from a nonindexation to an indexation equilibrium. But more wage flexibility is only an imperfect substitute for an own monetary policy. It is possible that an increase in wage flexibility is welfare-decreasing, because of the accompanying rise in price variability. If indexation occurs outside the EMU, either multiple equilibria or full-indexation equilibria may occur.

Keywords: nominal wage flexibility; wage indexation; EMU; asymmetric shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 F33 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2002-08-14
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