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Policy regimes and the shape of the Phillips curve in Australia
We document an evolving pattern in the slope of the Phillips curve in Australia at different frequencies under different monetary policy regimes and labor market regulations. Our estimation strategy relies on the spectral analysis that includes the gain and phase spectrum but is also complemented by the time domain estimation. We document an upward sloping medium-run Phillips curve in the pre-1977 period, a downward sloping long-run Phillips curve from 1977 to 1993, and a flattened Phillips curve from 1993 onwards. Lag and lead relationship between inflation and unemployment varies across periods and frequencies. The Phillips curve at business-cycle frequencies is downward sloping in all periods. We explain our results in terms of the monetary targeting in 1976 and the inflation targeting in 1993 by the RBA, respectively, and important changes in labor relations from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
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Journal of policy modelingVolume
41Issue
6Season
November-DecemberPagination
1077 - 1094Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0161-8938Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2019, The Society for Policy ModelingUsage metrics
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