scholarly journals Macroeconomic Implications of Near Rational Behavior: An Application to the Italian Phillips Curve

Author(s):  
Novella Maugeri



2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 1436-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Benigno ◽  
Luca Antonio Ricci

The macroeconomic implications of downward nominal wage rigidities are analyzed via a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model featuring aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks. A closed-form solution for a long-run Phillips curve relates average output gap to average wage inflation: it is virtually vertical at high inflation and flattens at low inflation. Macroeconomic volatility shifts the curve outwards and reduces output. The results imply that stabilization policies play an important role, and that optimal inflation may be positive and differ across countries with different macroeconomic volatility. Results are robust to relaxing the wage constraint, for example, when large idiosyncratic shocks arise. (JEL E23, E24, E31, E63)



1979 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-344
Author(s):  
ALVIN G. BURSTEIN
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2006 ◽  
pp. 4-21
Author(s):  
A. Belyanin

The paper describes the contributions of T. Schelling and R. J. Aumann, the Nobel Prize laureates of 2005 in economics, to modern economics and social sciences. Their key contributions were in the field of the game theory - a major tool to study human interactions and rational behavior in a wide variety of contexts, from applied industrial organization to labor economics, public policy, international relations and political science. Works by Aumann and Schelling were pathbreaking in this respect, and have paved the way to many modern developments that enhance our understanding of human rationality.



2011 ◽  
pp. 78-98
Author(s):  
M. Storchevoy

The paper draws on the most recent research in the field of behavioral economics, neuroscience, and other disciplines and shows how biological and social factors interact and co-determine real human behavior. The author considers in detail various affects and forms of non-rational behavior. He proposes a common framework for such analysis, where each of those forms of behavior becomes the result of conscious or evolutionary-driven choice.







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