Title of article :
Monetarypolicyandlabormarketfrictions:Ataxinterpretation
Author/Authors :
Federico Ravenna، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Abstract :
Replicatingtheflexiblepriceallocationinmodelswithnominalrigiditiesandlabor
marketfrictionsthatleadtoaninefficientmatchingofunemployedworkerswithjob
vacancies,eveniffeasible,isgenerallynotdesirable.Wecharacterizethetaxinstru-
mentsthatimplementthefirstbestallocationandexaminethetrade-offsfacedby
monetarypolicyifthesetaxinstrumentsareunavailable.Ourtaxinterpretationhelps
explainwhythewelfarecostofinefficientlabormarketsearchcanbelargewhilethe
incentivetodeviatefrompricestabilityissmall.Gainsfromdeviatingfromprice
stabilityarelargerineconomieswithmorevolatilelaborflows
Journal title :
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal title :
Journal of Monetary Economics