EFFICIENCY WAGES AND THE BUSINESS-CYCLE PUZZLE

被引:50
作者
DANTHINE, JP
DONALDSON, JB
机构
[1] CEPR,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
[2] COLUMBIA UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10027
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10.1016/0014-2921(90)90001-F
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The main thrust of this work is to open the Real Business Cycle (RBC) methodology to non-Walrasian considerations and, reciprocally, to submit some non-Walrasian models to the discipline of the RBC approach. In doing so, we provide a first RBC model with involuntary unemployment and a suboptimal equilibrium path. We also demonstrate the promise and difficulty of resolving the business cycle puzzle by appealing to quantity rationing in the labor market. © 1990.
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页码:1275 / 1301
页数:27
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