credibility. Vestin (2006) shows that when the monetary authority cannot commit to future policy, price-level targeting yields … higher welfare than inflation targeting. We revisit this issue by introducing imperfect credibility, which is modeled as … targeting, if any, are small. -- Credibility ; Monetary policy framework …

credibility. Vestin (2006) shows that when the monetary authority cannot commit to future policy, price-level targeting yields … higher welfare than inflation targeting. We revisit this issue by introducing imperfect credibility, which is modeled as … targeting are small. A welfare loss occurs, if imperfect credibility is highly persistent. -- Credibility ; Monetary policy …

may undermine its credibility. We then show that the optimal policy in Svensson's model can nevertheless be attained …