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Managing disinflation under uncertainty

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dc.creator Tesfaselassie, Mewael F.
dc.creator Schaling, Eric
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:06:13Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:06:13Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier Kiel working paper Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel 1429
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4314
dc.identifier ppn:571070957
dc.identifier ppn:571070957
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/4314
dc.description In this paper we analyze disinflation policy when a central bank has imperfect information about private sector inflation expectations but learns about them from economic outcomes, which are in part the result of the disinflation policy. The form of uncertainty is manifested as uncertainty about the effect of past disinflation policy on current output gap. Thus current as well as past policy actions matter for output gap determination. We derive the optimal policy under learning (DOP) and compare it two limiting cases---certainty equivalence policy (CEP) and cautionary policy (CP). It turns out that under the DOP inflation stay between the levels implied by the CEP and the CP. A novel result is that this holds irrespective of the initial level of inflation. Moreover, while at high levels of inherited inflation the DOP moves closer to the CEP, at low levels of inherited inflation the DOP resembles the CP.
dc.description In this paper we analyze disinflation policy when a central bank has imperfect information about private sector inflation expectations but learns about them from economic outcomes, which are in part the result of the disinflation policy. The form of uncertainty is manifested as uncertainty about the effect of past disinflation policy on current output gap. Thus current as well as past policy actions matter for output gap determination. We derive the optimal policy under learning (DOP) and compare it two limiting cases---certainty equivalence policy (CEP) and cautionary policy (CP). It turns out that under the DOP inflation stay between the levels implied by the CEP and the CP. A novel result is that this holds irrespective of the initial level of inflation. Moreover, while at high levels of inherited inflation the DOP moves closer to the CEP, at low levels of inherited inflation the DOP resembles the CP. -- Learning ; inflation expectations ; disinflation policy ; separation principle ; Kalman filter ; optimal control
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1429
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject E52
dc.subject F33
dc.subject C53
dc.subject E43
dc.subject C53
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Learning , Inflation Expectations , Disinflation Policy , Separation Principle , Kalman Filter , Optimal Control
dc.subject Inflationsbekämpfung
dc.subject Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit
dc.subject Inflationserwartung
dc.subject Lernprozess
dc.subject Kontrolltheorie
dc.subject Zustandsraummodell
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title Managing disinflation under uncertainty
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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