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The size and sign of the government spending multiplier crucially depends on how the spending is financed and how consumers respond to implied future tax increases. I investigate this issue in an estimated New Keynesian DSGE model with distortionary labor and capital taxes and, importantly, with...
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idiosyncratic shocks. Even when prices are flexible and inflation can costlessly act as a shock absorber to restore fiscal …
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realistic parameter values, the model generates a blip in inflation of the same magnitude observed in the data"--Federal Reserve …
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This paper addresses the consumption-real exchange rate anomaly. International real business cycle models based on complete financial markets predict a unitary correlation between the real exchange rate and the ratio of home to foreign consumption when subjected to supply side shocks. In the...
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We present a model that reproduces two salient facts characterizing the international monetary system: i) Faster growing countries are associated with lower net capital inflows and ii) Countries that grow faster accumulate more international reserves and receive more net private inflows. We...
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seen in practice. This is explained by forward-looking inflation. Recession is avoided by a Taylor rule that accommodates …
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This paper presents a political economy model of inflation as a result of social conflict. Agents are heterogeneous in … terms of income. Agents’ income levels determine their ability to hedge against the effects of inflation. The interaction of … model makes a number of predictions concerning which environments are conducive to the emergence of inflation. Inflation …
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Remarks at Queens Chamber of Commerce and Queens Economic Development Corporation, Flushing, New York City.
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