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Calvo-type rules and the forward-looking behavior of inflation targeting central banks

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  • Eurilton Araújo

    (Central Bank of Brazil and FUCAPE Business School)

  • Débora Gouveia

    (Insper Institute of Education and Research)

Abstract

We estimate small open economy models in which inflation targeting central banks respond to a discounted infinite sum of expected inflation and output gaps (Calvo-type rules). The results support Calvo-type rules for Australia and Canada, and suggest longer targeting horizons for inflation compared with output gaps.

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  • Eurilton Araújo & Débora Gouveia, 2013. "Calvo-type rules and the forward-looking behavior of inflation targeting central banks," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(3), pages 2042-2051.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-13-00474
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    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General

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