-curve regressions: The positive dependence of inflation on its own lags. It is shown that staggered price contracting models instead …

model indexation regulates the sources of inflation persistence. When indexation is zero, the inflation gap is purely … forward- looking and inflation persistence depends only on the level of trend inflation, while full indexation makes the … inflation gap persistent and it eliminates the effects of trend inflation. We show that in the former case the optimal policy is …

This paper presents a new mechanism through which monetary policy rules affect inflation persistence. When assuming … the traditional demand channel of monetary transmission have a long-lasting effect on inflation dynamics. The Calvo model … around positive trend inflation. With realistic calibration of trend inflation and the monetary policy rule, the model can …