Athey, Susan; Atkeson, Andrew; Kehoe, Patrick J. - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2004
inconsistency problem arising from the temptation to stimulate the economy with unexpected inflation. Although this dynamic … mechanism design problem seems complex, society can implement the optimal policy simply by legislating an inflation cap that … specifies the highest allowable inflation rate. The more severe the time inconsistency problem, the more tightly the cap …