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Money Targeting, Heterogeneous Agents and Dynamic Instability

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  • Giorgio Motta
  • Patrizio Tirelli

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Christiano et al. (2005) have shown that a standard medium-sized DSGE model can successfully replicate VAR IRFs to a money supply shock. This important result vanishes under limited asset market partic- ipation. Further, even a moderate fraction of constrained consumers is su¢ cient to dampen the real interest rate reaction to inflation, thereby causeing instability. The introduction of a simple fiscal automatic sta- bilizer restores stability and improves the dynamic performance of the model.

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  • Giorgio Motta & Patrizio Tirelli, 2010. "Money Targeting, Heterogeneous Agents and Dynamic Instability," Working Papers 193, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2010.
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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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