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account. We find that historical adjustment of eligibility ages for age inflation would have increased ages of eligibility by …
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The distribution of wealth is one of the most important and least studied features of our economic life. A lack of good data on household wealth is the primary reason for the inadequate attention to this subject. Moreover, the evidence that is available from household surveys and estate records...
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In this paper, we study the optimal design of financial safety nets under limited private credit. We ask when it is optimal to restrict ex ante the set of investors that can receive public liquidity support ex post. When the government can commit, the optimal safety net covers all investors....
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("wageless recovery"). Second, inflation determines the type of recovery: low inflation (below 30 percent annual rate) is … associated with jobless recovery, while high inflation is associated with wageless recovery. The paper shows that this pattern of …
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contributed to financial instability during 1790-1933, and that inflation rate shocks contributed to financial instability during …
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This paper discusses three policy tools to mitigate jobless recoveries during financial crises: inflation, real … of inflation is sizably lower real wages. Hence, inflation does not prevent wage earners as a whole from getting hit by …/nontradables), from output peak to recovery point, displays a statistically significant relationship with inflation or jobless recovery …
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We propose a continuous time model of nominal debt and investigate the role of inflation credibility in the potential … for self-fulfilling debt crises. Inflation is costly, but reduces the real value of outstanding debt without the full … punishment of default. With high inflation credibility, which can be interpreted as joining a monetary union or issuing foreign …
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contributed to financial instability during 1790-1933, and that inflation rate shocks contributed to financial instability during …
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behavior of markups and attenuate the response of inflation to fluctuations in output …
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A new measure of credibility is constructed as a function of the differential between observed inflation and some … estimate of the inflation rate that the central bank targets. The target is assumed to be met flexibly. Credibility is …-2008 financial crisis. The VIX, adopting an inflation target and central bank transparency, are the most reliable determinants of …
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