In this paper we present a three period setup to model central bank forward guidance in a liquidity trap. We analyze the role of long-run and short-run price stickiness under discretion and commitment in a straightforward and intuitive way. Despite the impact of price rigidity on welfare being...

We study monetary policy at the zero lower bound in a traceable three-period model, in which price-level targeting emerges endogenously in the welfare function. We characterize optimal price-level forward guidance under discretion and commitment. Potentially non-monotonic discretionary welfare...

Part I: Money and Equilibrium in the Long Run -- Long Run Growth: The Basic Framework -- Money and Long Run Growth -- Interaction Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Active and Passive Monetary Regimes -- Part II: Monetary Policy in the Short Run -- New Keynesian Macroeconomics -- Optimal...

Money and Equilibrium in the Long Run: Long Run Growth – The Basic Framework -- Money and Long Run Growth -- Interaction Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Active and Passive Monetary Regimes -- Monetary Policy in the Short Run: New Keynesian Macroeconomics -- Optimal Monetary Policy --...