price economy with monopolistic distortions. Monetary policy determines nominal interest rates and fiscal policy provides …

-maximizing levels. In effect, a small stock of debt combined with restrictions on a central bank’s portfolio can put the economy on the … inflation rates implied by a decline in the stock of government debt outstanding. Unless the economy is on the Pareto inferior …

describes an open economy, with capital accumulation, and where nominal rigidities are present. The model shows that previous … findings drawn from open economy models—in particular with respect to the characteristics of optimal monetary policy—do not …

economy with three assets—currency, government bonds, and storage, a transactions role for money, and a demand for liquidity … and thus a role for banks. The Friedman rule is not optimal in this economy, so there is potentially a role for interest … is a primary government budget deficit, and the economy is operating on the bad side of the Laffer curve. But under these …

Economic policies are known to have different effects on the economy depending on the size of policy changes and on …

rule) in one regime is not sufficient to insulate the economy against tax shocks in that regime and it can have the …

open economy with capital accumulation, distortionary taxation and nominal price rigidities. The model is solved using a …