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Why do we see nominal contracts in the presence of price level risk? To answer this question, this paper studies an overlapping generations model in which the equilibrium contract form is optimal, given the contracts elsewhere in the economy. Nominal contracts turn out to be optimal in the...
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money and inflation. When analysing the full sample of countries we find a strong positive relation between the long …-run inflation and money growth rate. The relation is not, however, proportional. The strong link between inflation and money growth … inflation and money growth for low inflation countries (on average less than 10% per annum over the last 30 years) is weak. We …
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exchange. Overall, our results favour money over autarky, especially if agents are patient. …Fundamental models of money always exhibit autarkic equilibria where money has no value. In this paper we propose a … behavior and the primitives of the economy, thus offering insights on the conditions under which money emerges as a medium of …
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. Quantitative goals take three forms: exchange rates, money growth rates, and inflation targets. We analyse the effects on inflation …
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We compare monetary union to flexible exchange rates in an asymmetric, three-country model with active monetary policy …
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How does trade policy a affect technology adoption, total factor productivity (TFP henceforth), and per capita income? To study this question we construct a dynamic general equilibrium model of a small open economy in which a coalition of skilled workers chooses the technology. We obtain three...
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In this Paper, we analyse the implications of price setting restrictions for the conduct of cyclical fiscal and monetary policy. We consider an environment with monopolistic competitive firms, a shopping time technology, prices set one period in advance, and government expenditures that must be...
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’ – can be created by a standard macro model in which actually a money supply rule is operating with no interest rate feedback … equivalent’ to use the expression coined by Thomas Sargent (1976). It remains an open question whether Taylor rules or money …
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This paper documents the evolution of the legal independence of the Bank of Israel since its creation in 1954 to present times, provides an international comparison, and assesses the changes in the actual independence of the Bank on a yearly basis following the 1985 stabilization of inflation....
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) condition. UIP shocks have a sizable negative effect on welfare, when trade links are strong. An exchange rate peg may raise …
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