Unions, oligopoly and the natural range of employment

作者: Huw Dixon

DOI: 10.2307/2233723

关键词: Labour economicsEconomicsFiscal policyProduct marketGovernmentNatural rangeOligopolyBalance (accounting)Special caseWage

摘要: A simple two-sector, general-equilibrium macromodel is presented wi th oligopolistic price determination in the product market and a unionized labor market. In first stage, unions set nominal wage, second firms choose outputs given wages. By altering balance of fiscal policy between two sectors, government can achieve continuum aggregate employment levels-the natural range employment. unique rate will occur only i f one requires to be same both sectors. This indicates that property some single or representative sect macromodels special case.

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