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Harry Johnson's 1971 ideas about the factors affecting the success of the Keynesian Revolution and the Monetarist Counter-revolution are summarised and extended to the analysis of the Rational Expectations - New Classical (RE-NC) Revolution It is then argued that, whereas Monetarism brought...
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When agents are liquidity constrained, two options exist - sell assets or borrow. We compare the allocations arising in two economies: In one, agents can sell government bonds (outside bonds) and in the other they can borrow (issue inside bonds). All transactions are voluntary, implying no...
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When agents are liquidity constrained, two options exist — sell assets or borrow. We compare the allocations arising in two economies: in one, agents can sell government bonds (outside bonds) and in the other they can borrow (issue inside bonds). All transactions are voluntary, implying no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156118
This study revisits and tests empirically the Portfolio Theory of Inflation (PTI), which analyzes how the effectiveness … (Bossone, The portfolio theory of inflation and policy (in)effectiveness, 2019). The PTI shows that when an economy is heavily … and policies aimed to stimulate output growth dissipate into domestic currency depreciation and higher inflation, with …
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growth, inflation rate, and exchange rate on the balance of payments by net foreign assets (NFA) in 17 developing countries … results indicate that domestic credit, interest rate, inflation and exchange rate have a significantly negative, while real …
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We investigate the effectiveness of an aggressive anti-inflation monetary policy on the ability of agents to achieve … rational expectations equilibrium (REE) forecasts of inflation. An aggressive anti-inflation policy includes a willingness to … respond more forcefully to deviations from an inflation target. Using an adaptive learning framework, we develop a model that …
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Observed inflation targets around the industrial world are concentrated at two percent per year. This chapter … investigates the extent to which the observed magnitudes of inflation targets are consistent with the optimal rate of inflation … of inflation ranges from minus the real rate of interest to numbers insignificantly above zero. Furthermore, we argue …
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The Portfolio Theory of Inflation (PIT) proposed in this study investigates the role of global financial markets in … inflation to rise due to a large exchange rate pass-through, with limited or no impact on output. On the other hand, high … dissipated and higher inflation reflects such dissipation. …
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taken by domestic agents. The Portfolio Theory of Inflation (PTI) developed in this study assumes that some critical … higher inflation, with limited or no impact on output. On the other hand, high credibility creates space for effective and …
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aggressive monetary policies which results in less inflation volatility and persistence. We find this pattern emerges strongly …
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