Adam, Klaus; Billi, Roberto M. - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 1, pp. 1-6
We reconsider the role of an inflation conservative central banker in a setting with distortionary taxation. To do so … two authorities make policy decisions simultaneously, inflation conservatism causes fiscal overspending. But if fiscal … policy is determined before monetary policy, inflation conservatism imposes fiscal discipline. These results clarify that in …