May 23, 2013. Presentation. "Monetary Policy in a Low Policy Rate Environment." OMFIF Golden Series Lecture, London.

November 8, 2012. Presentation. "Shadow Interest Rates and the Stance of U.S. Monetary Policy." Presented at the Center for Finance and Accounting Research Annual Corporate Finance Conference, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis

We study a simple, microfounded macroeconomic system in which the monetary authority employs a Taylor-type policy rule. We analyze situations in which the self-confirming equilibrium is unique and learnable according to Bullard and Mitra (2002). We explore the prospects for the use of ‘large...