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Systematic Risk and the Theory of Wage Indexation

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In this article, the author integrates the theory of optimal wage indexation with capital market theory. The optimal indexation factor in his model depends on workers' preferences, firm-specific variables, and economywide capital market variables. A major difference between the results of the model and those of the previous literature is that, in his model, nonsymmetric randomness does not affect the indexation decision. In addition, the effects of economywide capital market variables can provide an explanation for why the author does not observe wage contracts with more than perfect indexation, contracts where real wages rise with unexpected inflation. Copyright 1990 by the University of Chicago.

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  • Woglom, Geoffrey, 1990. "Systematic Risk and the Theory of Wage Indexation," The Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 63(2), pages 217-237, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jnlbus:v:63:y:1990:i:2:p:217-37
    DOI: 10.1086/296503
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    1. Corrado Benassi & Antonello E. Scorcu, 2003. "Indexation Rules, Risk Aversion and Imperfect Information," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 71(3), pages 330-340, June.
    2. Víctor López Pérez, 2003. "Wage Indexation and Inflation Persistence," Working Papers wp2003_0303, CEMFI.
    3. Duca, John V. & Van Hoose, David D., 2001. "The Rise of Goods-Market Competition and the Fall of Nominal Wage Contracting: Endogenous Wage Contracting in a Multisector Economy," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 1-29, January.

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