New Keynesian versus New Classical Theories of Aggregate Supply: Evidence from the OECD Countries.

Using annual and quarterly data for the OECD countries, this paper tests four theories of aggregate supply, namely the sticky wage, the sticky price, the worker misperception and the producer misinformation models. The empirical estimates suggest that the short run aggregate supply curve is positively sloped as a result of price and wage stickiness. Furthermore, the slope of the aggregate supply curve is found to be a positive function of the rate of inflation which is consistent with the sticky price model. Copyright 1998 by Scottish Economic Society.