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.

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Economics Letters
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2024-11-29
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112091
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Economic theories and models
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A note on indeterminacy of unemployment equilibrium

Juha Virrankoski
Economics Letters
Economic theories and models
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A note on indeterminacy of unemployment equilibrium

Juha Virrankoski
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Abstract

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.

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