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Optimal Monetary And Fiscal Policies In A Search-Theoretic Model Of Money And Unemployment

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  • Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro
  • Julien, Benoît
  • Wang, Chengsi

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In this paper we study optimal policies in an environment where search frictions both in labor and goods markets give rise to unemployment and fiat money, as in Berentsen, Menzio, and Wright (American Economic Review, 2011). The underlying frictions that give rise to endogenous unemployment and fiat money also result in inefficient outcomes. Here we show that efficiency can be restored whenever lump sum monetary transfers are possible and a decentralized production subsidy financed by money printing and a vacancy subsidy financed by a dividend tax exist. This is the case even when the Hosios and Friedman rules do not hold.

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  • Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro & Julien, Benoît & Wang, Chengsi, 2013. "Optimal Monetary And Fiscal Policies In A Search-Theoretic Model Of Money And Unemployment," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(6), pages 1330-1354, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:macdyn:v:17:y:2013:i:06:p:1330-1354_00
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    1. Pedro Gomis-Porqueras & Timothy Kam & Christopher Waller, 2017. "Nominal Exchange Rate Determinacy under the Threat of Currency Counterfeiting," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 9(2), pages 256-273, April.
    2. Pedro Gomis-Porqueras & Christopher J. Waller, 2017. "Optimal Taxes Under Private Information: The Role of the Inflation Tax," Working Papers 2017-14, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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    5. Pedro, Gomis-Porqueras, 2016. "Fiscal Requirements for Price Stability in Economies with Private Provision of Liquidity and Unemployment," MPRA Paper 75113, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    13. Marcin Woźniak, 2015. "Can the Stochastic Equilibrium Job Search Models Fit Transition Economies?," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 65(4), pages 567-591, December.

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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy

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