• Title of article

    Imperfect information,multipleshocks,andpolicy’ssignalingrole

  • Author/Authors

    Leon Berkelmans، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    373
  • To page
    386
  • Abstract
    In multipleshockmodels,whenagentshaveimperfectinformationtheyattemptto infer ashock’stype,inadditiontoitssize.Inthisenvironment,monetarypolicyplays an importantsignalingrole.Thispaperhighlightsthissignalingrolebyshowingthat conclusionsfromimperfectinformationmonetarymodelsaresensitivetothenumber of shocksincluded.Withmultipleshocks,contractionarymonetarypolicycaninitially increaseinflationanddelaytheeventualdisinflation.Moreover,multipleshockscan result indestabilizingpriceflexibility,whileoptimalpolicy’sresponsetooneshock will dependontheexistenceofothershocks,contrarytoatypicallinear-quadratic framework.
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846477