This study examines the dynamic effects of the oil price (OP) shocks on the key macroeconomic variables of Pakistan. A structural vector autoregressive model is used on yearly data from 1960 to 2014. The impulse response functions indicate that the OP shocks depress the real gross domestic...

Neo-Fisher effect states that an increase in nominal rate of interest which deemed to be permanent, will lead to a rise in inflation both in the short-run as well as in the long-run. In this paper, we study the possibility of occurrence of neo-Fisher effect in a new-Keynesian model. For this...

This paper examines the effectiveness of interest rate policy to stabilize the economy in general and to control inflation in particular. The paper utilizes a dynamic model which has firmer microeconomic foundations. The model is used to establish links between inflation and other variables such...

Using a New Keynesian open economy model, where the supply side effects of the exchange rate pass through as well as the cost channel of monetary policy transmission are taken into account, this paper evaluates the possibility of the price puzzle, which refers to anomalous behavior of inflation...