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Optimal Policy under Commitment and Price Level Stationarity

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This paper proposes a simple analytical method to determine the stationarity of an unnormalized variable from the solution to a normalized model i.e. a model whose variables must be expressed in relative terms or must be differenced for a solution to exist. The paper then applies the method to answer a question of interest to policy-makers: does optimal policy under commitment lead to stationarity in the price level? Unlike Gaspar, Smets, and Vestin (2007), the paper finds that optimal policy under commitment does not lead to price level stationarity in the Smets and Wouters (2003) model.

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  • Gino Cateau, 2009. "Optimal Policy under Commitment and Price Level Stationarity," Staff Working Papers 09-8, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocawp:09-8
    DOI: 10.34989/swp-2009-8
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    1. Smets, Frank & Vestin, David & Gaspar, Ví­tor, 2007. "Is time ripe for price level path stability?," Working Paper Series 818, European Central Bank.
    2. Oleksiy Kryvtsov & Malik Shukayev & Alexander Ueberfeldt, 2007. "Optimal Monetary Policy and Price Stability Over the Long-Run," Staff Working Papers 07-26, Bank of Canada.
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    1. Robert Amano & Steve Ambler & Malik Shukayev, 2012. "Optimal price-level drift under commitment in the canonical New Keynesian model," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 45(3), pages 1023-1036, August.

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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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