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Coordination of Wage Bargaining, Exchange Rate Stability and External Adjustment

Mika NieminenTimo TohmoKari Heimonen

subject

MicroeconomicsExchange rateEconomicsCurrent accountPoint estimationMonetary economicsStability (probability)health care economics and organizationsDegree (temperature)Wage bargaining

description

The literature on the determinants of the rate of current account reversion has been limited to examining the role of exchange rate regimes. We propose that the degree of coordination of wage bargaining affects the speed of current account adjustment. Our point estimates are economically and statistically significant, suggesting that fragmented firm-level wage bargaining facilitates external adjustment. We also find a strong negative interaction between the effects of coordination of wage bargaining and exchange rate stability on the rate of current account reversion.

https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2838181