Arbeitspapier

Tradeoffs between inflation and output-gap variances in an optimizing-agent model

We demonstrate the existence of a monetary policy tradeoff between price-inflation variability and output-gap variability in an optimizing-agent model with staggered nominal wage and price contracts. This variance tradeoff is absent only in the special case in which prices are sticky and wages are perfectly flexible. When the model is calibrated to exhibit an empirically reasonable degree of nominal wage inertia, strict inflation targeting induces substantial output-gap volatility.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series ; No. 61

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Erceg, Christopher J.
Henderson, Dale W.
Levin, Andrew T.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Sveriges Riksbank
(where)
Stockholm
(when)
1998

Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET

Data provider

This object is provided by:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Erceg, Christopher J.
  • Henderson, Dale W.
  • Levin, Andrew T.
  • Sveriges Riksbank

Time of origin

  • 1998

Other Objects (12)