Macroeconomics
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134896441
Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 1NP
a)
To determine
To ascertain: The equilibrium levels of output, hours worked, real wages before and after the productivity shock.
b)
To determine
To ascertain: The equilibrium levels of output, hours worked, real wages before and after the productivity shock.
c)
To determine
To ascertain: Whether a calibrated RBC model fit the fact that real wage is only slightly procyclical if the labor supply is relatively insensitive to the real wage.
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