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Risk Aversion and Unemployment in an Open Economy

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Published/Copyright: May 14, 2016
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Abstract

The paper analyses the impact which risk aversion has on a small open economy characterised by search frictions on the labour market. It is shown that the long-run qualitative effects caused by a terms-of-trade shock are independent of individual risk behaviour. As far as quantitative aspects are concerned risk aversion always leads to higher equilibrium employment; however the increase in unemployment due to a price shock is the higher the more risk-averse individuals are.

Online erschienen: 2016-5-14
Erschienen im Druck: 2000-8-1

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