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Optimal stabilization policy with endogenous firm entry

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  • Aleksander Berentsen
  • Christopher J. Waller

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Monetary policy has significant but overlooked effects on entry and exit of firms. We study optimal monetary stabilization policy in a DSGE model with microfounded money demand and endogenous firm entry. Due to a congestion externality affecting firm entry, the optimal policy deviates from the Friedman rule in all states even though all prices are fully flexible. In contrast to previous Ramsey model with flexible price, our calibration exercises suggest that the model can generate a high volatility of the nominal interest rate which is a direct consequence of policy actions to control entry.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in its series Working Papers with number 2009-032.

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Keywords: Monetary policy ; Econometric models;

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  1. Aleksander Berentsen & Christopher J. Waller, 2013. "Price-level targeting and stabilization policy," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue March, pages 145-164.
  2. Stephen D. Williamson & Randall Wright, 2010. "New Monetarist Economics: methods," Staff Report 442, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
  3. Florin O. Bilbiie & Fabio Ghironi & Marc J. Melitz, 2007. "Monetary Policy and Business Cycles with Endogenous Entry and Product Variety," NBER Working Papers 13199, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Lewis, Vivien, 2008. "Business cycle evidence on firm entry," Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies 2008,08, Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Centre.
  5. Allen Head & Junfeng Qiu, 2011. "Elastic Money, Inflation, and Interest Rate Policy," Working Papers 1152, Queen's University, Department of Economics.

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