Large labour unions and terms-of-trade externality

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 120
Issue: 1
Pages: 135-138

Score contribution per author:

1.009 = (α=2.02 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

This paper shows that large labour unions reduce the incentive for uncoordinated monetary policies to improve the terms of trade. This finding implies that concentrated labour markets significantly affect the optimal policy prescription in an open economy.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:120:y:2013:i:1:p:135-138
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25