Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/230678 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Economics and Econometrics [ISSN:] 2032-9652 [Volume:] 64 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Economics and Econometrics Research Institute [Place:] Brussels [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-23
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute, Brussels
Abstract: 
In this paper we combine two important ingredients - search and matching frictions and "fair wages," and investigate their combined quantitative importance in explaining fluctuations in Bulgarian labor markets. Overall, the calibrated real-business-cycle model for Bulgaria after the introduction of the currency board, when featuring both search- and-matching frictions, and reciprocity in labor relations, performs better vis-a-vis data, and in addition dominates the model with search frictions only (Vasilev 2016a), and setups with efficiency wages alone (Vasilev 2017a,b). The search and matching mechanism captures the volatility of unemployment, while the efficiency wage mechanism fits better the cyclicality of the wage rate.
Subjects: 
general equilibrium
reciprocity
gift exchange
efficiency wages
unemployment
JEL: 
E32
E24
J41
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)
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