Partial inflation indexation and long-run inflation targeting in a growing economy: A comparison of Calvo and Rotemberg pricing models
| Autor: | Parantap Basu, Agnirup Sarkar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Inflation
Economics and Econometrics Endogenous growth theory Inflation targeting media_common.quotation_subject Keynesian economics 05 social sciences Nominal rigidity Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Relative price General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Economy 0502 economics and business Economics 050207 economics Real interest rate Distortion (economics) Indexation 050205 econometrics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of macroeconomics, 2016, Vol.50, pp.293-306 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
| ISSN: | 0164-0704 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jmacro.2016.10.001 |
| Popis: | The observed 2% long run inflation target in most developed industrial nations is in variance with the zero or negative optimal inflation rates predicted by prominent monetary theories. Using a calibrated simple New-Keynesian model with endogenous growth and nominal rigidity, we compare two price setting environments of Calvo (1983) and Rotemberg (1982). In our growth model, the steady state welfare maximizing inflation takes into account the growth effect as well as the price distortionary effects of inflation. The long-run welfare maximizing trend inflation could be positive in economies with nominal rigidity in the form of partial inflation indexation and price stickiness. A higher degree of inflation indexation lowers the steady state price distortion in the Calvo model and steady state price adjustment cost in Rotemberg model and raises the long run optimal inflation. Since the productive inefficiency caused by partial inflation indexation is higher in Calvo economy compared to Rotemberg, the long run optimal trend inflation is higher in Rotemberg than in Calvo. In both models, a two percent long run inflation target is attainable for a reasonable degree of inflation indexation. |
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