Can the Share Economy Conquer Stagflation?

S-Tier
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1988
Volume: 103
Issue: 1
Pages: 201-217

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper analyzes Weitzman's contention that a share economy will significantly improve the unemployment-inflation tradeoff. It is shown that the argument rests on a critical proposition that share contracts lead to labor's being in perpetual excess demand. The basis of this proposition is challenged using a wide variety of models of the labor market. The paper concludes that the microeconomics of share economies differs little from that of wage economies, and that a widespread introduction of share contracts is unlikely to improve macroeconomic performance.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:103:y:1988:i:1:p:201-217.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-26