"Imperfectly competitive markets, trade unions and inflation: Do imperfectly competitive markets transmit more inflation than perfectly competitive ones? A theoretical appraisal"

Corchon, Luis (1994): "Imperfectly competitive markets, trade unions and inflation: Do imperfectly competitive markets transmit more inflation than perfectly competitive ones? A theoretical appraisal". Unpublished.

Abstract

In this paper we study the conjecture that oligopoly or imperfect competition causes more inflation than perfect competiton. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for this to occur.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Inflation Oligopoly Trade Unions
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E31 - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining > J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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