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stabilization was more effective for the price level than for output. …
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This paper uses the strategy and data of Blanchard and Perotti (BP) to identify fiscal shocks and estimate fiscal multipliers for the United States. With these results, it computes the cumulative multiplier of Ramey and Zubairy (2018), now common in the literature. It finds that, contrary to the...
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Monetary policy rules have been considered as fundamental protection against inflation. However, empirical evidence for a correlation between rules and inflation is relatively weak. In this paper, we first discuss likely causes for this weak link and present the argument that monetary commitment...
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Inflation expectations are a key variable in conducting monetary policy. However, these expectations are generally unobservable and only certain proxy variables exist, such as surveys on inflation expectations. This paper offers guidance on the appropriate quantification of household inflation...
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We use three different indicators based on inflation expectations to measure central bank credibility in 9 countries in … Central and Eastern Europe. We quantify credibility using differences between official inflation targets and inflation …. Determinants of central bank credibility are investigated using pooled OLS. According to our results, stable and low inflation and …
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