PRICE SMOOTHING POLICIES - A WELFARE ANALYSIS
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
CANOVA, F
署名单位：
Brown University
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
ISSN/ISSBN：
0304-3932
DOI：
10.1016/0304-3932(92)90062-7
发表日期：
1992
页码：
255-275
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摘要：
In post-WWII experience U.S. monetary authorities have attempted to eliminate seasonal fluctuations in prices and nominal interest rates. Developments in financial markets and recently discovered empirical regularities regarding the seasonal cycle seem to make these activities questionable. Using a money-in-the-utility-function model this paper analyzes the welfare properties of price and interest rate smoothing policies and the sense in which the distinction between seasonal and cyclical fluctuations is relevant. It is shown that smoothing policies are welfare improving, but not optimal, and that the origin of the shocks, not the persistence of the fluctuations, is relevant in formulating policies.
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