Discontinuous wages adjustments, inflation and economic fluctuations

Authors

  • Alejandro Rodríguez Arana Universidad Iberoamericana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v17i1.196

Keywords:

wages, inflation, Phillis curves

Abstract

If nominal wages adjust less frequently than prices, a constant rate of growth of the quantity of money will produce cyclical fluctuations of production and inflation. The same phenomenon can modify the average long run production of the economy, generating Phillips curves sometimes with a negative slope and some other times with a positive slope.

 

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Published

2002-01-01

How to Cite

Rodríguez Arana, A. (2002). Discontinuous wages adjustments, inflation and economic fluctuations. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 17(1), 129–161. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v17i1.196