This paper develops a theoretical model of dynamic decision-making of a monetarypolicy committee with heterogeneous members. It investigates the optimal transparency,and the optimal way of transmitting information of committees, by analysing the effectsdifferent communication strategies have on...

This paper studies optimal monetary policy with the nominal interest rate as the single policy instrument in an economy, where firms set prices in a staggered way without indexation and real money balances contribute separately to households' utility. The optimal deterministic steady state under...

During the turbulent 1970s and 1980s the Bundesbank established an outstandingreputation in the world of central banking. Germany achieved a high degree of domesticstability and provided safe haven for investors in times of turmoil in the internationalfinancial system. Eventually the Bundesbank...

Evidence on the interdependency between monetary policy and the state of thebanking system is scarce. We suggest an integrated micro-macro approach with twocore virtues. First, we measure the probability of bank distress directly at the banklevel. Second, we integrate a microeconomic hazard...

We estimate monetary policy rules for six central and eastern European countries (CEEC) bytaking changes in the policy settings explicitly into account. Distinguishing rather fixed andmore flexible exchange rate arrangements we find that for most countries exchange ratesplayed an important role...

How can globalization affect the optimal choice of monetary policy strategy during asset price booms in a small open economy? Globalization can have an impact on both the supply and the demand side of the economy. Focusing on the supply side of globalization, it has been shown that a flattening...

This paper analyzes forward-looking monetary policy rules in structural VAR’s. First, an approach for modeling a monetary policy which aims at a strict medium term inflation or output growth target is developed. Second, the ex ante inflation-output-growth volatility trade-off for a...

This paper analyzes forward-looking rules for Swiss monetary policy in a small structural VAR model consisting of four variables taking into account data revisions for GDP. First, the paper develops an analytical method to analyze the effect of data revision errors in GDP on the ex ante or...

When a policymaker is better informed than the public, public beliefs about the hidden informationemerge as additional state variables, managed by the policymaker. General methodsare presented to compute optimal commitment and discretion policies.Under commitment, policy is additive in two...