A note on indeterminacy of unemployment equilibrium
According to Mortensen (1989), increasing returns to scale in matching may cause multiple equilibria if collective bargaining or efficiency wage is applied. I show that a unique equilibrium exists, also if the Nash bargaining solution is used, if productivity is constant. • A result about uniqueness of equilibrium in Mortensen (1989) is corrected. • Equilibrium is unique if productivity is independent of aggregate employment. • The corrected result holds also when the Nash bargaining solution is used.
Authors
- Juha Virrankoski
Publication Details
- Journal
- Economics Letters
- Published
- 2024-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112091
- Primary Topic
- Economic theories and models
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00