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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 the optimal monetary and fiscal policies of a general equilibrium model of unemployment and money with search frictions both in labor and goods markets as in Berentsen, Menzio and Wright (2010). We abstract from revenue-raising motives to focus on the welfare-enhancing properties of optimal policies. We show that some of the inefficiencies in the Berentsen, Menzio and Wright (2010) framework can be restored with appropriate fiscal policies. In particular, when lump sum monetary transfers are possible, a production subsidy financed by money printing can increase output in the decentralized market and a vacancy subsidy financed by a dividend tax even when the Hosios’ rule does not hold.

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Volume (Year): 17 (2013)
Issue (Month): 06 (September)
Pages: 1330-1354

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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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  1. Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policies In a Search-theoretic Model of Money and Unemployment
    by Christian Zimmermann in NEP-DGE blog on 2010-11-20 21:05:53
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  1. Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro & Kam, Timothy & Waller, Christopher J., 2015. "Nominal Exchange Rate Determinacy Under the Threat of Currency Counterfeiting," Working Papers 2015-28, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, revised 06 Aug 2016.
  2. Antonio Ribba, 2016. "Productivity Growth Shocks and Unemployment in the Postwar US Economy," Department of Economics 0077, University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi".

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