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This paper develops a parsimonious model of individual exposure and of public health policy that can be used to study the evolution of an epidemic and the optimal use of lockdown policies and other non-pharmaceutical interventions. At the heart of individual exposure choices are the trade-offs...
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-run inflation rate is positive and between 0.5% and 1.5% per year. A positive long-run inflation rate helps the fast-growing new … without learning-by-doing in new firms predicts an optimal long-run inflation rate near zero. In a two-sector model with …
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optimal long-run inflation rate is positive and between 0.5% and 1.5% per year. A positive long-run inflation rate helps the … sticky-price model without learning-by-doing in new fi rms predicts an optimal long-run inflation rate near zero. In a two …
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commiting to keep interest rates low at the exit of the liquidity trap, to stabilize inflation today. 2. From debt … consolidated budget) monetary policy becomes subservient to fiscal policy, giving rise to more volatile inflation, output and … interest rates. Liquidity trap (LT) episodes are longer, however, the impact of interest rate policy commitments on inflation …
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Inflation and earnings growth can push some tax payers into higher brackets in the absence of inflation …-indexed schedules. Moreover, inflation may affect the composition of individuals' income sources. As a result, depending on the relative … tax burden of labor and capital, inflation may decrease or increase the difference between before and after-tax income …
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We explain the role of the Phillips Curve at the ECB in the analysis of the economic outlook and the formulation of monetary policy. First, revisiting the structural Phillips Curve, we highlight the challenges in recovering structural parameters from reduced-form estimates and relate the...
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that our "effective" approach is superior when it comes to assessing the impact of exchange rate regimes on inflation … trading partners. Using our measure of effective exchange rate regimes in a standard empirical analysis of inflation … associated with significantly lower inflation rates. This challenges the established view that soft pegs do not matter - or are …
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Inflation expectations play a crucial role for monetary policy transmission, having become even more important since … determinants of professional inflation expectations for the G7 economies. We emphasize the role of international spillovers in … inflation expectations stemming from monetary policy decisions in the US. We also consider several possible determinants, such …
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This paper explicitly models strategic interaction between two independent national fiscal authorities and a single central bank in a simple New Keynesian model of a monetary union. Monetary policy is constrained by the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates. Coordination of fiscal policies...
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This paper develops a model of a fiscally sound monetary union and analyses central bank purchases of long-term debt (QE). Employing the portfolio balance channel, we show that there exists an interest rate rule augmented by QE at the lower bound which replicates the equilibrium allocation and...
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