Monetary Policy, Inflation Illusion and the Taylor Principle – An Experimental Study

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We develop a simple experimental setting to evaluate the role of the Taylor principle, which holds that the nominal interest rate has to respond more than one-for-one to fluctuations in the inflation rate. In our setting, the average infl ation rate fluctuates around the inflation target if the computerized central bank obeys the Taylor principle. If the Taylor principle is violated, then the average infl ation rate persistently deviates from the target. We find that these deviations from the target are less pronounced, if inflation rates cannot be as readily observed as nominal interest rates. This result is consistent with the interpretation that subjects underestimate the influence of inflation on the real return to savings if the infl ation rate is only observed ex post.

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• ISBN: 978-3-86788-457-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 402

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data) ; Monetary Policy ; Design of Experiments: General
• Subject: Taylor principle ; interest rate rule ; inflation illusion ; laboratory experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Luhan, Wolfgang J. ; Scharler, Johann
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.4419/86788457
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/68607