Abstract
Each sector of a multi-sector overlapping generations model is an oligempory with a given number of firms, oligopsonists in the sectoral (spatially differentiated) labour market and oligopolists in the sectoral (homogeneous) output market. When there is aggregate unemployment, and a firm raises wages beyond the local full employment level acquiring labour from neighbours, sectoral output supply becomes constant and the firm faces a flat output demand curve under constant returns to labour (upward sloping under decreasing returns). Multiple temporary equilibria and Pareto-ranked steady-state equilibria emerge; the associated sunspot equilibria exhibit counter-cyclical markups, inter alia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 93-112 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Economic Theory |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2002 |
Keywords
- Coordination failure
- Oligempory
- Sunspot equilibria