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Optimal Stabilization Policy with Flexible Prices

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  • Aleksander Berentsen
  • Christopher Waller

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We construct a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to study optimal monetary stabilization policy. Prices are fully flexible and money is essential for trade. Our main result is that if the central bank pursues a long-run price path, thereby controlling inflation expectations, it can improve welfare by stabilizing short-run aggregate shocks. The optimal policy involves smoothing nominal interest rates which effectively smooths consumption across states. Failure to follow a long-run price path makes any stabilization attempt ineffective.

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Paper provided by CESifo Group Munich in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number 1638.

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Date of creation: 2005
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Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_1638

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  1. Marchesiani, Alessandro & Senesi, Pietro, 2009. "Money And Nominal Bonds," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(02), pages 189-199, April.
  2. José Suárez-Lledó, 2009. "Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Collateralized Borrowing," Working Papers 374, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
  3. Francoise Forges & Frédéric Koessler, 2006. "Long Persuasion Games," CESifo Working Paper Series 1669, CESifo Group Munich.
  4. Heijdra, Ben J. & Ligthart, Jenny E., 2010. "The Transitional Dynamics Of Fiscal Policy In Small Open Economies," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(01), pages 1-28, February.
  5. Forges, Françoise, 2005. "The ex ante incentive compatible core of an exchange economy with and without indivisibilities," Open Access publications from Université Paris-Dauphine urn:hdl:123456789/167, Université Paris-Dauphine.

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