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Kaleckian conflict inflation with endogenous labor supply
Author(s) -
Datta Soumya,
Saratchand C.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
metroeconomica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.256
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-999X
pISSN - 0026-1386
DOI - 10.1111/meca.12318
Subject(s) - economics , inflation (cosmology) , investment function , bargaining power , investment (military) , keynesian economics , monetary economics , macroeconomics , microeconomics , production (economics) , physics , politics , theoretical physics , political science , law
We propose a simple but well‐defined Kaleckian model of conflict inflation, consisting of a Kaleckian investment function and conflict inflation, resulting from workers and capitalists making conflicting claims over their shares in output. The bargaining power of workers depends on the rate of employment. The central bank engages in inflation targeting through changes in the interest rate. We establish the existence of an economically meaningful steady state and examine its stability properties both analytically and numerically. We show the possibilities of cyclical trajectories under certain conditions.