Welfare-maximizing monetary-and fiscal-policy rules are studied in a model with sticky prices, money, and distortionary taxation. The Ramsey-optimal policy is used as a point of …
This paper considers a prototypical New Keynesian model, in which the equilibrium is undetermined if monetary policy is “passive.” The likelihood-based estimation of dynamic …
FO Bilbiie - Journal of economic theory, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper incorporates limited asset markets participation in dynamic general equilibrium and develops a simple analytical framework for monetary policy analysis. Aggregate …
This paper studies the role of endogenous producer entry and product creation for monetary policy analysis and business cycle dynamics in a general equilibrium model with imperfect …
This paper analyzes the restrictions necessary to ensure that the interest rate policy rule used by the central bank does not introduce local real indeterminacy into the economy. It …
A novel complementarity between capital and income inequality leads to a significant amplification of the effects of aggregate-demand shocks on consumption. We characterize …
C Leith, L Von Thadden - Journal of economic Theory, 2008 - Elsevier
The paper examines simple monetary and fiscal policy rules consistent with determinate equilibrium dynamics in the absence of Ricardian equivalence. Under this assumption …
Using a series of examples, we review the various ways in which a monetary policy characterized by the Taylor rule can inject volatility into the economy. In the examples, a …
P Rupert, R Šustek - Journal of Monetary Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
The monetary transmission mechanism in New-Keynesian models is put to scrutiny. We show that, contrary to the conventional view, the transmission mechanism does not operate …