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dc.contributor.authorAhrens, Steffenen
dc.contributor.authorSnower, Dennis J.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-14-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T17:38:20Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-15T17:38:20Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55353-
dc.description.abstractWe incorporate inequity aversion into an otherwise standard New Keynesian dynamic equilibrium model with Calvo wage contracts and positive inflation. Workers with relatively low incomes experience envy, whereas those with relatively high incomes experience guilt. The former seek to raise their income, and latter seek to reduce it. The greater the inflation rate, the greater the degree of wage dispersion under Calvo wage contracts, and thus the greater the degree of envy and guilt experienced by the workers. Since the envy effect is stronger than the guilt effect, according to the available empirical evidence, a rise in the inflation rate leads workers to supply more labor over the contract period, generating a significant positive long-run relation between inflation and output (and employment), for low inflation rates. This Phillips curve relation, together with an inefficient zero-inflation steady state, provides a rationale for a positive long-run inflation rate. Given standard calibrations, optimal monetary policy is associated with a long-run inflation rate around 2 percent.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3717en
dc.subject.jelE50en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordinflationen
dc.subject.keywordlong-run Phillips curveen
dc.subject.keywordfairnessen
dc.subject.keywordinequity aversionen
dc.subject.stwPhillips-Kurveen
dc.subject.stwLohnverhandlungenen
dc.subject.stwGerechtigkeiten
dc.subject.stwNeukeynesianische Makroökonomiken
dc.subject.stwDynamisches Gleichgewichten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleEnvy, guilt, and the Phillips curve-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn685244105en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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