It is often assumed that wedges evolve according to the VAR (1) in the applications of business cycle accounting (BCA). However, recent research finds that the wedges have no VAR (1) representation in many dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) economies, and that there might be a...

This paper investigates the Laffer curves in Japan, based on a neoclassical growth model. It is found that while the labor tax rate is smaller than that at the peak of the Laffer curve, the capital tax rate is either very close to, or larger than, that at the peak of the Laffer curve. This...

This paper investigates the monetary policy design for restoring equilibrium determinacy. Our interests are whether a central bank should respond to asset price fluctuations, and if so, what asset prices should be targeted. We show that a monetary policy response to the price of a productive...