Blanchard, Olivier (contributor); Galí, Jordi (contributor) - 2005 - This version: October 2005 (first draft: April 2005)
Most central banks perceive a trade-off between stabilizing inflation and stabilizing the gap between output and desired output. However, the standard new Keynesian framework implies no such trade-off. In that framework, stabilizing inflation is equivalent to stabilizing the welfare-relevant...