To a greater extent than is often stressed in extant literature, preference assumptions affect responses to monetary shocks in representative agents models. Temporary money shocks can have persistent real effects in cash in advance models if the marginal utility of leaisure is a decreasing...

In this paper we develop a simple dynamic New Keynesian type model using the multiplier – accelerator principle in our effort to determine the time paths of income, actual and expected inflation towards their long – run equilibrium values. Assuming that expectations are adaptive, we...

An empirical and theoretical analysis of how changes in the monetary policy function affect the covariance structure of macroeconomic data.

This paper investigates the transmission of monetary policy by private banks in Brazil during the recent easing cycle. The analysis presented uses a panel dataset with information on lending by private banks in Brazil and concludes that monetary transmission through lending volumes was not...

It has been shown that under perfect competition and a Cobb-Douglas production function, a basic real business cycle model may exhibit indeterminacy and sunspot fluctuations when income tax rates are determined by a balanced-budget rule. This paper introduces in an otherwise standard real...

This paper develops and estimates a general equilibrium rational expectations model with search and multiple equilibria where aggregate shocks have a permanent effect on the unemployment rate. If agents' wealth decreases, the unemployment rate increases for a potentially indefinite period. This...