What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly … or indirectly, through volatility? This paper tries to answer such questions using a power-ARCH framework with annual … legislative changes) has an indirect (through volatility) negative impact. We also find preliminary support for the idea that …

An empirical analysis of the impact of labour market structures on the response of inflation to macroeconomic shocks is … presented. Results based on a 20 country panel show that if labour market coordination is high, the effect on inflation of … inflation to its reduced form determinants. These findings are attributed to the behaviour of wages following movements in …

and inflation rates. Building on the lessons from recent advances in time-series econometrics, we suggest instead that one …

volatility of both inflation and unemployment differentials. Finally, we show that it is important to take into account the … and real wage rigidities. In our analysis, we focus on the differentials in inflation and unemployment between countries … inflation and unemployment differentials. Second, we find that asymmetries in labor market structures tend to increase the …

achieve similar volatility than fully deregulated labor markets. Flexibility at the margin produces a gap in separation costs … de labor market volatility. This increased volatility is partially reverted when limitations in the duration and number … explain the similar volatility observed in many regulated OECD labor markets with flexibility at the margin vis-à-vis the …

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …

common component, we find evidence for a ?world business cycle? as well as evidence for a distinct European common component …

. Two periods are distinguished: the period of inflation rise from 1970 to 1981, which coincides with an important squeeze …

find a high degree of downward nominal wage rigidity, which for rates of inflation lower than three percent is shown to …

consumer price inflation rate. …