ISSN:
1432-0479
Keywords:
Keywords and Phrases: Monetary policy design, Inflation, Anticipated policies, Overlapping generation model, Indeterminacy, Feedback rules.
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JEL Classification Numbers: E31, E50, E52, E58.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
Summary. This paper analyzes how monetary policy in an overlapping generations model can be designed to avoid inflationary consequences of anticipated changes of monetary policies. Avoiding these inflationary consequences will require a once and for all increase (decrease) in monetary growth immediately before the policy switch takes place if the relative risk aversion is greater (less) than unity. If the relative risk aversion is greater than unity, the avoidance of inflationary consequences is also time-consistent. Moreover, a general monetary feedback rule ensures that the economy picks the steady state with the lowest inflation rate. Our results suggest that the difference between unanticipated and anticipated policy switches may not be as important as generally assumed, because the consequences of the latter can be neutralized.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001990050352
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