Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Union: Implications of a Country-specific Cost Channel

There is growing empirical evidence that the strength of the cost channel of monetary policy differs across countries. Using a New Keynesian model of a two-country monetary union, we show how the introduction of a cost channel (differential) alters the optimal monetary responses to union-wide and n...

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Foilsithe in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 44-2014)
Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Michaelis, Jochen, Palek, Jakob
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2014
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Achoimre:There is growing empirical evidence that the strength of the cost channel of monetary policy differs across countries. Using a New Keynesian model of a two-country monetary union, we show how the introduction of a cost channel (differential) alters the optimal monetary responses to union-wide and national shocks. The cost channel makes monetary policy less e¤ective in combating inflation, but it is shown that the optimal response to the decline in effectiveness is a stronger use of the instrument. On the other hand, the larger the cost channel di¤erential, the less aggressive will the optimal monetary policy be. For almost all parameter constellations, our welfare analysis suggests a clear-cut ranking of policy regimes: commitment outperforms the Taylor rule, the Taylor rule outperforms strict inflation targeting, and strict inflation targeting outperforms discretion.
Cur síos fisiciúil:38 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0345