Beyer, Andreas; Gaspar, Vítor; Gerberding, Christina; … - European Central Bank - 2009
an episode of lasting importance in European monetary history. The purpose of this paper is to highlight how the … interpreted, first and foremost, as a commitment device. In our setting, a monetary target helps anchoring inflation and inflation … well as a strong response to deviations of inflation from target and to the activity growth gap. In contrast, the response …