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Creator:: Cole, Harold Linh, 1957- and Ohanian, Lee E.
Series:: Great depressions of the twentieth century
Keyword:: Great Britain, United Kingdom, Unemployment, Employment, Depression, England, and Monetary
Subject:: N14 - Macroeconomics and monetary economics ; Growth and fluctuations - Europe : 1913-, E24 - Macroeconomics : Consumption, saving, production, employment, and investment - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational income distribution ; Aggregate human capital, E32 - Prices, business fluctuations, and cycles - Business fluctuations ; Cycles, and E65 - Macroeconomic policy, macroeconomic aspects of public finance, and general outlook - Studies of particular policy episodes

Creator:: Cole, Harold Linh, 1957- and Ohanian, Lee E.
Series:: Great depressions of the twentieth century
Abstract:: There are two striking aspects of the recovery from the Great Depression in the United States: the recovery was very weak and real wages in several sectors rose significantly above trend. These data contrast sharply with neoclassical theory, which predicts a strong recovery with low real wages. We evaluate whether New Deal cartelization policies designed to limit competition among firms and increase labor bargaining power can account for the persistence of the Depression. We develop a model of the intraindustry bargaining process between labor and firms that occurred with these policies, and embed that model within a multi-sector dynamic general equilibrium model. We find that New Deal cartelization policies are an important factor in accounting for the post-1933 Depression. We also find that the key depressing element of New Deal policies was not collusion per se, but rather the link between paying high wages and collusion.
Keyword:: New Deal, Great Depression, Competition, Cartels, Wages, and Collective bargaining
Subject:: D50 - General equilibrium and disequilibrium - General and J58 - Labor-management relations, trade unions, and collective bargaining - Public policy

Creator:: Cole, Harold L. and Ohanian, Lee E.
Description:: Data supporting the chapter "A Second Look at the U.S. Great Depression from a Neoclassical Perspective."

Creator:: Cole, Harold L. and Ohanian, Lee E.
Description:: Data supporting the chapter "The Great U.K. Depression: A Puzzle and Possible Resolution."

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