1. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Firm Heterogeneity and Wages under Different Bargaining Regimes - Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-Productivity Firms?

    This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Monetary Policy Implementation and the Federal Funds Rate

    This paper investigates how the implementation of monetary policy affects the dynamics and the volatility of the federal funds rate. Since the early 1980s, the most important changes in the Fed's conduct of…