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Optimal exchange rate flexibility with large labor unions

Lambertini, Luisa  
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Cuciniello, Vincenzo
2016
Journal of International Money and Finance

We study the optimal volatility of the exchange rate in a two-country model with sectoral non-atomistic wage setters, non-traded goods, nominal rigidities and alternative pricing assumptions – producer or local currency pricing. Labor unions internalize the sectoral impact of their wage settlements through firms' labor demand. With local currency pricing, exchange rate depreciation raises sales revenue, which in turn boosts domestic consumption and labor demand. Unions anticipate this effect and set higher wages accordingly. With small unions and low wage markup, optimal monetary policy enhances exchange rate movements to improve its terms of trade. With large unions and high wage markup, optimal monetary policy curbs exchange rate movements to restrain inflationary wage demands and to stabilize employment.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.jimonfin.2016.01.001
Web of Science ID

WOS:000372542100006

Author(s)
Lambertini, Luisa  
Cuciniello, Vincenzo
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Journal of International Money and Finance
Volume

63

Start page

112

End page

136

Subjects

Exchange rate flexibility

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Local currency pricing

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Non-atomistic labor unions

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Optimal monetary policy

Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
SFI-LL  
Available on Infoscience
February 28, 2016
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