1. Refereed Journal // 2005

    A Note on Labor Contracts and Wage Rigidities: An Empirical Investigation Using Survey Data

    Wage (and price) rigidities are often blamed for sluggish adjustment of labour markets and low employment dynamics. In this note we study the role of contractual wage arrangements on firms support for…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2005

    Comparing the Fed and the ECB Using Taylor-Type Rules

    This paper analyses whether Taylor-type policy rules can be used to describe monetary policy in the U.S., Germany, and the euro area between 1992-2004, and if the interest rate setting in one currency area…