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100 1 _aPetreski, Marjan
245 1 0 _aHemlock for policy response: Monetary policy, exchange rates and labour unions in SEE and CIS during the crisis
260 _aWien :
_bWiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw),
_c2012.
490 1 _awiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers
_v104
520 _aThe objective of this paper is to assess how the level of unionisation and the rigidity of the exchange rate affects wages and monetary policy in South-East Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, with a particular focus on the recent economic crisis. Towards that end, a New Keynesian model with price and wage rigidities is used. Results suggest that fixed exchange rate and strong trade unions seem to constrain monetary policy in these countries, because monetary policy responded counter-cyclically during the crisis only in countries with weak trade unions and countries with flexible exchange rate. Also, findings point out that trade unions may be more effective for controlling inflation in these countries than the monetary authorities.
650 _amonetary policy
650 _afixed exchange rate
650 _awages
650 _aunionisation
650 _aSEE
650 _aCIS
650 _acrisis
651 _aCIS
651 _aSEE
700 1 _aJovanović, Branimir
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