This paper computes welfare-maximizing monetary and fiscal policy rules in a real business cycle model augmented with sticky prices, a demand for money, taxation, and stochastic government consumption. We consider simple feedback rules whereby the nominal interest rate is set as a function of...

This paper extends the utility-based welfare criterion developed by Woodford (2003) to a model with labour market search. We show how the central banker’s concern for inflation stabilization depends on the average steady-state durations of unemployment and job vacancy.

The goal of this Paper is to compute optimal monetary and fiscal policy rules in a real business cycle model augmented with sticky prices, a demand for money, taxation, and stochastic government consumption. We consider simple policy rules whereby the nominal interest rate is set as a function...