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Optimal Contracts For Central Bankers And Public Debt Policy

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  • HIROSHI FUJIKI
  • HIROSHI OSANO
  • HIROFUMI UCHIDA

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We consider how the second‐best allocation corresponding to an optimal rule under the policy commitment of a central bank and a fiscal authority with a consolidated government budget constraint can be achieved, even though these authorities are unable to commit themselves to their optimal policies and ignore the strategic interaction between their policies. Our results show that the best practical institutional arrangement is to have an instrument‐independent central bank that controls the money supply to determine the rate of inflation and commits itself to an inflation target that depends on fiscal variables.

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  • Hiroshi Fujiki & Hiroshi Osano & Hirofumi Uchida, 2004. "Optimal Contracts For Central Bankers And Public Debt Policy," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 55(4), pages 372-400, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecrev:v:55:y:2004:i:4:p:372-400
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2004.00314.x
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    1. Beetsma, R.M.W.J. & Bovenberg, A.L., 1999. "Inflation Targets and Debt Accumulation in a Monetary Union," Discussion Paper 1999-108, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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    1. Fujiki, Hiroshi & Uchida, Hirofumi, 2011. "Inflation target and debt management of local government bonds," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 178-189.

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