کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
957785 928573 2006 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does it matter (for equilibrium determinacy) what price index the central bank targets?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Does it matter (for equilibrium determinacy) what price index the central bank targets?
چکیده انگلیسی

What inflation rate should the central bank target? We address determinacy issues related to this question in a two-sector model in which prices can differ in equilibrium. We assume that the degree of nominal price stickiness can vary across the sectors and that labor is immobile. The contribution of this paper is to demonstrate that a modified Taylor Principle holds in this environment. If the central bank elects to target sector one, and if it responds with a coefficient greater than unity to price movements in this sector, then this policy rule will ensure determinacy across all sectors. The results of this paper have at least two implications. First, the equilibrium-determinacy criterion does not imply a preference to any particular measure of inflation. Second, since the Taylor Principle applies at the sectoral level, there is no need for a Taylor Principle at the aggregate level.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory - Volume 128, Issue 1, May 2006, Pages 214–231
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