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The Role of Economic Policy after the New Classical Macroeconomics

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The paper considers the implications of the rational expectations New Classical Macroeconomics revolution for the 'rules versus discretion' debate. The following issues are covered: 1) The ineffectiveness of anticipated stabilization policy, 2) Non-clausal models and rational expectations, 3) Optimal control in non-causal models -- the inconsistency of optimal plans. I established the robustness of the proposition that contingent (closed-loop or feedback) rules dominate fixed (open-loop)rules. The optimal contingent rule in non-causal models -- the innovation or disturbance-contingent feedback rule -- is quite different from the state-contingent feedback rule derived by dynamic stochastic programming.

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  • Willem H. Buiter, 1980. "The Role of Economic Policy after the New Classical Macroeconomics," NBER Working Papers 0580, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Barro, Robert J, 1977. "Unanticipated Money Growth and Unemployment in the United States," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 67(2), pages 101-115, March.
    2. Willem H. Buiter, 1980. "The Role of Economic Policy After the New Classical Macroeconomics," NBER Technical Working Papers 0006, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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