This paper studies the optimal interest rate rule in a DSGE model with housing market spillovers (Iacoviello and Neri (2010)). We find that the optimal rule responds to house price inflation even when the stabilization of house price is not among the objectives of the policymaker, and that the...

Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Modern Macroeconomic Models -- Chapter 2 Time to Improve the Existing Models -- Part II Dynamic Macroeconomic Modelling -- Chapter 3 Traditional Dynamic Macroeconomic Models -- Chapter 4 Modern Mainstream Macroeconomic Models -- Part III The...

Motivated by VAR evidence, we develop a monetary DSGE model where an agency problem between bank financiers, stemming from limited liability and unobservable risk taking, distorts banks’ incentives leading them to choose excessively risky investments. A monetary policy expansion magnifies...