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We develop and estimate an open economy New Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC) in which variable demand elasticities give rise to changes in desired markups in response to changes in competitive pressure from abroad. A parametric restriction on our specification yields the standard NKPC, in which...
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This paper illustrates that the introduction of a money demand distortion into an otherwise standard New Keynesian Open Economy model generates multiple discretionary equilibria. These equilibria arise in the form of expectations traps whereby the monetary authority is trapped into validating...
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We study a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in which agents are concerned about model uncertainty regarding … from climate change to damages is subject to uncertainty, and we use robust control theory techniques to study efficiency … dynamic optimal taxation. A small increase in the concern about model uncertainty can cause a significant drop in optimal …
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managers are risk averse, they might underinvest when firm-specific uncertainty increases, leading to suboptimal investment …
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A consumption-based asset pricing model with risk and uncertainty implies that the time-varying exposures of equity … portfolios to the market and uncertainty factors carry positive risk premiums. The empirical results from the size, book … (individual stocks) with market and uncertainty predict the time series and cross-sectional variation in stock returns. We find …
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a speech at the 32nd Annual Economic Policy Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (via videoconference)
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Using a new-Keynesian model with endogenous capital accumulation, I show that uncertainty about fiscal policy can cause … monetary authority is not constrained by the ZLB. I study uncertainty about the level of government spending and uncertainty … about tax rates on consumption, wages, capital income, and investment. In my model, uncertainty about government spending …
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This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U.S. trade policy that eliminated potential tariff increases on Chinese imports. Industries where the threat of tariff hikes declines the most experience more severe employment...
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