Next question The argument that the nominal wage is fixed because of long-term labour contracts is made by O A. proponents of menu cost models, but critics argue that these models do not take explicit account of the reasons that firms and workers write such contracts. O B. proponents of Keynesian sticky wage models, and is generally not questioned by critics of those models. O C. proponents of menu cost models, and is generally not questioned by critics of those models. O D. proponents of Keynesian sticky wage models, but critics argue that these models do not take explicit account of the reasons that firms and workers write such contracts. O E. proponents of real business cycle models, but critics argue that these models do not take explicit account of the reasons that firms and workers write such contracts.

Next question The argument that the nominal wage is fixed because of long-term labour contracts is made by O A. proponents of menu cost models, but critics argue that these models do not take explicit account of the reasons that firms and workers write such contracts. O B. proponents of Keynesian sticky wage models, and is generally not questioned by critics of those models. O C. proponents of menu cost models, and is generally not questioned by critics of those models. O D. proponents of Keynesian sticky wage models, but critics argue that these models do not take explicit account of the reasons that firms and workers write such contracts. O E. proponents of real business cycle models, but critics argue that these models do not take explicit account of the reasons that firms and workers write such contracts.

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