Arbeitspapier
On the Non-Optimality of Information: An Analysis of the Welfare Effects of Anticipated Shocks in the New Keynesian Model
This paper compares the welfare effects of anticipated and unanticipated cost-push shocks in the canonical New Keynesian model with optimal monetary policy. We find that, for empirically plausible degrees of nominal rigidity, the anticipation of a future cost-push shock leads to a higher welfare loss than an unanticipated shock. A welfare gain from the anticipation of a future cost shock may only occur if prices are sufficiently flexible. We analytically show that this surprising result holds although unanticipated shocks lead to higher negative impact effects on welfare than anticipated shocks.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Economics Working Paper ; No. 2008-21
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Monetary Policy
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
- Thema
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Anticipated Shocks
Optimal Monetary Policy
Sticky Prices
Welfare Analysis
Kosten
Schock
Erwartungstheorie
Geldpolitik
Preisrigidität
Wohlfahrtseffekt
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Wohltmann, Hans-Werner
Winkler, Roland C.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Kiel University, Department of Economics
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Kiel
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Wohltmann, Hans-Werner
- Winkler, Roland C.
- Kiel University, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2008