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Quadratic Labor Adjustment Costs, Business Cycle Dynamics, And Optimal Monetary Policy

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  • Lechthaler, Wolfgang
  • Snower, Dennis J.

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We build quadratic labor adjustment costs into an otherwise standard New Keynesian model of the business cycle and show that this increases output persistence in a vein similar to that of other models of labor market frictions. Furthermore, we demonstrate the implication of quadratic labor adjustment costs for monetary policy. We show that there is a simple rule determining whether quadratic labor adjustment costs imply a trade-off between stabilizing inflation and output.

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  • Lechthaler, Wolfgang & Snower, Dennis J., 2013. "Quadratic Labor Adjustment Costs, Business Cycle Dynamics, And Optimal Monetary Policy," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 464-475, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:macdyn:v:17:y:2013:i:02:p:464-475_00
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    1. Mauricio Calani & Benjamín García & Tomás Gómez & Mario González & Sebastián Guarda & Manuel Paillacar, 2022. "A Macro Financial Model for the Chilean Economy," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 953, Central Bank of Chile.
    2. Lechthaler, Wolfgang & Tesfaselassie, Mewael, 2015. "Trend growth, unemployment and optimal monetary policy," Kiel Working Papers 2003, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    3. Gantert, Konstantin, 2025. "Shopping Time and Frictional Goods Markets: Implications for the New-Keynesian Model," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325386, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    4. Lechthaler, Wolfgang & Tesfaselassie, Mewael F., 2019. "A Note On Trend Growth, Unemployment, And Optimal Monetary Policy," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(4), pages 1703-1719, June.

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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand

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