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A Business-cycle-model with Monopolistically-competitive Firms and Calvo Wages: The Case of Bulgaria after the Introduction of the Currency Board (1999-2016)

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  • Aleksandar Vasilev

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We augment an otherwise standard business cycle model with a richer government sector, and add monopolistic competition in the product market, and rigid prices, as well as rigid wages a la Calvo (1983) in the labor market. This specification with the nominal wage rigidity, when calibrated to Bulgarian data after the introduction of the currency board (1999-2016), allows the framework to reproduce better observed variability and correlations among model variables, and those characterizing the labor market in particular. As nominal wage frictions are incorporated, the variables become more persistent, especially output, capital stock, investment and consumption, which helps the model match data better.

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  • Aleksandar Vasilev, 2018. "A Business-cycle-model with Monopolistically-competitive Firms and Calvo Wages: The Case of Bulgaria after the Introduction of the Currency Board (1999-2016)," Bulgarian Economic Papers bep-2018-07, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski - Bulgaria // Center for Economic Theories and Policies at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, revised Jul 2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:sko:wpaper:bep-2018-07
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    1. Aleksandar Vasilev, 2022. "A business cycle model with money-in-utility (MIU) and government sector: the case of Bulgaria (1999–2020)," Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 40(5), pages 1205-1217, April.

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    Keywords

    business cycles; monopolistic competition; rigid (Calvo) prices; rigid (Calvo) nominal wages;
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    JEL classification:

    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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