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Optimal monetary and fiscal policy with limited asset market participation /

This paper characterises the jointly optimal monetary and fiscal stabilisation policy in a new Keynesian model that allows for consumers who lacking access to asset markets consume their disposable income each period. With full asset market participation, the optimal policy relies entirely on the in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stehn, Sven Jari (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. European Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2009.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/09/137.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This paper characterises the jointly optimal monetary and fiscal stabilisation policy in a new Keynesian model that allows for consumers who lacking access to asset markets consume their disposable income each period. With full asset market participation, the optimal policy relies entirely on the interest rate to stabilise cost-push shocks and government expenditure is not changed. When asset market participation is limited, there is a case for fiscal stabilisation policy. Active use of public spending raises aggregate welfare because it enables a more balanced distribution of the stabilisatio.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (34 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-34).
ISBN:1451917139
9781451917130
146233458X
9781462334582
1452757135
9781452757131
1451872844
9781451872842
9786612843518
6612843519
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9781282843516
ISSN:2227-8885 ;