Name: Trade Unions, Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Stability
ISBN: 978-1-349-08596-5

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Lars Calmfors (Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow)⁰,
Henrik Horn (Research Fellow)¹

Lars Calmfors
1. Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden
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Table of contents (21 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-vii

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Trade Unions, Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Stability—An Introduction
1. Trade Unions, Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Stability—An Introduction
  
  Lars Calmfors
  
  Pages 1-17
Microeconomic Underpinnings
1. The Economic Theory of Trade Unions: An Introductory Survey
  
  Andrew J. Oswald
  
  Pages 18-51
2. Comment on A. Oswald, “The Economic Theory of Trade Unions—An Introductory Survey”
  
  George E. Johnson
  
  Pages 52-54
3. Wages and Employment under Trade Unionism: Microeconomic Models and Macroeconomic Applications
  
  John Pencavel
  
  Pages 55-83
4. Comment on J. Pencavel, “ Wages and Employment under Trade Unionism: Microeconomic Models and Macroeconomic Applications”
  
  Andrew J. Oswald, Bertil Holmlund
  
  Pages 84-91
Centralized Wage Setting
1. Classical Unemployment, Accommodation Policies and the Adjustment of Real Wages
  
  Lars Calmfors, Henrik Horn
  
  Pages 92-119
2. Comment on L. Calmfors and H. Horn, “Classical Unemployment, Accommodation Policies and the Adjustment of Real Wages”
  
  Lars Jonung, Richard Layard
  
  Pages 120-127
3. Workers versus Government—Who Adjusts to Whom?
  
  Tor Hersoug
  
  Pages 128-150
4. Comment on T. Hersoug, “Workers vs. Government—Who Adjusts to Whom?”
  
  Thorvaldur Gylfason, Henryk Kierzkowski
  
  Pages 151-157
5. Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy and Trade Union Behaviour as a Repeated Game
  
  John Driffill
  
  Pages 158-184
6. Comment on E. J. Driffill, “Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy and Trade Union Behavior as a Repeated Game”
  
  Stanley Fischer, Matti Pohjola
  
  Pages 185-192
7. Union Militancy, External Shocks and the Accommodation Dilemma
  
  Hans Tson Söderström
  
  Pages 193-209
8. Comment on H. Tson Söderström,“Union Militancy, External Shocks and the Accommodation Dilemma”
  
  Guido De Bruyne, Edmund Phelps
  
  Pages 210-214
Decentralized Wage Setting
1. Counterinflationary Policy in a Unionised Economy with Nonsynchronised Wage Setting
  
  Richard Jackman
  
  Pages 215-236
2. Comment on R. Jackman, “Counterinflationary Policy in a Unionised Economy with Nonsynchronized Wage Setting”
  
  John Fender, Thorvaldur Gylfason
  
  Pages 237-243
3. Dynamics of Unemployment, Vacancies and Real Wages with Trade Unions
  
  Christopher A. Pissarides
  
  Pages 244-261
4. Comment on C. Pissarides, “Dynamics of Unemployment, Vacancies and Real Wages with Trade Unions”
  
  Masahiko Aoki, Edmund S. Phelps
  
  Pages 262-268
5. Insiders and Outsiders in Wage Determination
  
  Robert M. Solow
  
  Pages 269-286
6. Comment on Robert M. Solow, “Insiders and Outsiders in Wage Determination”
  
  Henryk Kierzkowski, Dennis J. Snower
  
  Pages 287-293

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Editors and Affiliations

Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden

Lars Calmfors, Henrik Horn

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Book Title: Trade Unions, Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Stability
Editors: Lars Calmfors, Henrik Horn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08596-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1986
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08596-5Published: 10 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 320
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Political Science
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking

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Front Matter

Trade Unions, Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Stability—An Introduction

Microeconomic Underpinnings

Centralized Wage Setting

Decentralized Wage Setting

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Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden

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