Business cycle comovement and labor market institutions: An empirical investigation

This paper examines the impact of labor market institutions (LMI) on business cycle (BC) synchronization. We first develop a two-country right-to-manage model of wage bargaining. We find that, following a symmetric demand change, cross-country differences in LMI generate divergent responses in emplo...

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Main Author:	Fonseca, Raquel Sopraseuth, Thepthida Patureau, Lise
Format:	Paper
Language:	English
Place of publication:	2008
Related:	THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Data of publication:	2008
Series:	THEMA Working Papers
Subjects:	International business cycle; Business cycle synchronization; Labor market institutions; Panel Data Estimation
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	RePEc RePEc IDEAS Database information Databases - DBIS