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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780092603321

Autore

Østrup Finn

Titolo

Money and the natural rate of unemployment / / Finn Ostrup [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11813-1

0-511-04871-8

0-521-66139-0

0-511-32831-1

0-511-49250-2

1-280-16208-2

0-511-15430-5

0-511-11801-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

331.13/7

Soggetti

Unemployment - Effect of inflation on

Monetary policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The literature -- The wage formation process -- Imperfect integration of securities markets -- Monopolistic competition in bank markets -- Utility from securities holdings -- Hysteresis effects from monetary policy -- The impact of inflation on bank earnings -- Centralised wage formation -- Fiscal policy -- Price stability goal -- Uncertainty concerning policy formation -- Policy uncertainty in a fixed-but-adjustable exchange rate regime -- The impact of uncertainty on wage setting -- Policy implications of monetary non-neutrality.

Sommario/riassunto

The prevailing view among economists and policy makers is that money has no impact on production in a longer term characterised by full price and wage flexibility and rational expectations. This book presents a revisionist view of monetary policy and monetary regimes. It presents several new mechanisms, indicating that money affects long-term



production. The consequent policy implications are also discussed, including: the uses of monetary policy and monetary regimes in achieving macroeconomic goals; the impact of an independent central bank; the effects of a movement from floating exchange rates to fixed exchange rates in a monetary union. In addition to the theoretical and policy discussions the book also contains a comprehensive survey of the current state of scholarship in this area. Designed as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in macroeconomics, labour economics and finance, this book will also appeal to scholars and policy-makers.