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This paper examines how the presence of uncertainty alters allocations and prices when the nominal interest rate is … are, the larger the effects of uncertainty are at the zero lower bound …
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We analyze fiscal consolidations using a New Keynesian model where agents have heterogeneous expectations and are uncertain about the composition of consolidations. We look at spending-based and tax-based consolidations and analyze their effects separately. We find that the effects of...
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analysis shows that the uncertainty about government preferences does not affect the macroeconomic equilibrium if the fiscal … multiplier is known. In the case of multiplicative uncertainty, uncertain government preferences make fiscal policy more …
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In the last decade, over half of the EU countries in the euro area or with currenciespegged to the euro were hit by large risk premium shocks. Previous papers havefocused on the impact of these shocks on demand. This paper, by contrast, focuses onthe impact on supply. We show that risk premium...
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In standard macroeconomic models, debt sustainability and price level determinacy are achieved when fiscal policy avoids explosive debt and monetary policy controls inflation, irrespective of the relative strengths of each policy stance. We examine how these policy requirements for equilibrium...
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assume that both the central bank and the private sector face uncertainty about the correct model of the economy and have to … learn. A transparent central bank can reduce one source of uncertainty for private agents by communicating its policy rule …
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This paper assesses the ability of hiring subsidies to stimulate employment. I build a New Keynesian model with equilibrium unemployment and incomplete markets. Quantitatively, I find that an increase in hiring subsidies reduces unemployment more at the zero lower bound than it does during...
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indicators to guide monetary policy decisions. However, these gaps are estimated with a large margin of uncertainty, especially … when composed mainly of TFP gaps. Given the high uncertainty of output gap estimates at present, monetary policy should put … of underlying fiscal balances being reasonably robust to output gap uncertainty. …
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This paper outlines an approach to assess uncertainty around a forecast baseline as well as the impact of alternative …
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How does uncertainty about economic policy translate into uncertainty about macroeconomic outcomes, in particular … inflation? New measures of consumer inflation uncertainty are compared to the economic and monetary policy uncertainty indices … of Baker, Bloom, and Davis (2015). Economic policy uncertainty is most strongly correlated with uncertainty about short …
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