Output Effects of Disinflation with Staggered Price Setting
A discrete-time model with staggered price setting is shown to be flexible enough to analyze a variety of scenarios in which policymakers may introduce disinflation. While a recession need not necessarily occur, a semicredible disinflation (i.e., when price setters believe a new lower money growth rate will continue but do not act on future reductions) unambiguously depresses output with staggered prices, no matter how rapidly or slowly the disinflation is introduced.
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2002
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Authors: | Carlson, John A. |
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Southern Economic Journal. - Southern Economic Association - SEA. - Vol. 68.2002, 4, p. 947-956
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Southern Economic Association - SEA |
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