The Dynamic Behavior of Wages and Prices: Cointegration Tests within a Large Macroeconomic System

Martin B. Schmidt

Southern Economic Journal, 2000, vol. 67, issue 1, 123-138

Abstract: The dynamic relationship between wages and prices has long held a central place within the economic literature. Most macroeconomic models make assumptions as to the causal relationship between the two variables. Unfortunately, empirical investigations have produced widely divergent results. In particular, the present paper examines the results of time‐series studies and argues that the lack of a consensus is due to improperly specified models. Once the wage‐price relationship is embedded within a multiple vector system, identification of a wage‐price cointegrating relationship is significantly improved. In addition, the increased efficiency yields evidence in favor of the dual feedback between wages and prices.

Date: 2000
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