Designing a Simple Loss Function for Central Banks: Does a Dual Mandate Make Sense?
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- Davide Debortoli & Jinill Kim & Jesper Lindé & Ricardo C Nunes, 2017. "Designing a Simple Loss Function for Central Banks; Does a Dual Mandate Make Sense?," IMF Working Papers 17/164, International Monetary Fund.
- Davide Debortoli & Jinill Kim & Jesper Lindé & Ricardo Nunes, 2017. "Designing a simple loss function for central banks: Does a dual mandate make sense?," Economics Working Papers 1560, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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Central banks’ objectives; simple loss function; monetary policy design; sticky prices and sticky wages; DSGE models;JEL classification:
- C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
- E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2017-03-19 (All new papers)
- NEP-CBA-2017-03-19 (Central Banking)
- NEP-MAC-2017-03-19 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-MON-2017-03-19 (Monetary Economics)
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