Title :
Poverty and Inequality are the Byproducts of Asymmetric Monetary Policy?
Author :
Lei, SHI ; Yong-qin, CAO ; Ze-xiang, LI
Author_Institution :
Fudan Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
We study asymmetric monetary policy´s influences on poverty with menu costs model. Price rigidity causes the asymmetric output-price adjustment, so monetary policy has asymmetric effect that the expansion causes insignificant climbing output and substantial higher price level, but the contraction leads to significant output loss and inconspicuous downward price. The contraction policy is larger than the expansion for keeping price level stable, so the boom-bust cycle raises average poverty. Poverty is caused by the alternate expansionary and contractive monetary policy which is called cost of stability, so it is byproduct of asymmetric monetary policy. It changes the trade-off between unemployment and inflation, which determines the Phillips Curve depending on Tobin´s binding wage-floor and Eckstein-Brinner partial-ignorance effects. We testify that there exists optimum inflation rate satisfying to stabilize macroeconomy and improve poverty simultaneously. This paper induces the Philips Curve from a new view of asymmetric monetary policy, and suggests structural and loose inflation-target monetary policy should improve poverty in the transitional economy like China.
Keywords :
inflation (monetary); macroeconomics; pricing; salaries; socio-economic effects; unemployment; Eckstein-Brinner partial-ignorance effects; Phillips Curve; asymmetric monetary policy; asymmetric output-price adjustment; binding wage-floor; boom-bust cycle; contractive monetary policy; inflation; macroeconomy stability; menu costs model; poverty; price rigidity; transitional economy; unemployment; Conference management; Costs; Economics; Educational institutions; Employment; Engineering management; Macroeconomics; Stability; Testing; Unemployment; asymmetry; inflation rate; menu cost; monetary policy; poverty and inequality;
Conference_Titel :
Management Science and Engineering, 2007. ICMSE 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-7-88358-080-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-7-88358-080-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSE.2007.4422011