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Imported Materials Prices, Wage Policy, and Macroeconomic Stabilization

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  • Richard C. Marston
  • Stephen J. Turnovsky

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This paper analyzes two simple wage rules that keep employment constant when there are shocks to the prices of imported materials. One rule ties nominal wages to the GNP deflator rather than the consumer price index. The second rule, followed by Japan after the second oil price shock, ties the real wage to real GNP. The paper shows the effects on output, real income, and other macroeconomic variables of choosing either rule in place of the real wage stability provided by conventional wage indexation.

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  • Richard C. Marston & Stephen J. Turnovsky, 1983. "Imported Materials Prices, Wage Policy, and Macroeconomic Stabilization," NBER Working Papers 1254, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Michael Bruno, 1981. "Raw Materials, Profits, and the Productivity Slowdown (Rev)," NBER Working Papers 0660, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Gray, Jo Anna, 1976. "Wage indexation: A macroeconomic approach," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 221-235, April.
    3. Richard C. Marston, 1982. "Real Wages and the Terms of Trade: Alternative Indexation Rules for an Open Economy," NBER Working Papers 1046, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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