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American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics: Vol. 3 No. 2 (April 2011)

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Welfare-Based Optimal Monetary Policy with Unemployment and Sticky Prices: A Linear-Quadratic Framework

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Ravenna, Federico, and Carl E. Walsh. 2011. "Welfare-Based Optimal Monetary Policy with Unemployment and Sticky Prices: A Linear-Quadratic Framework." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 3(2): 130-62.

DOI: 10.1257/mac.3.2.130

Abstract

We derive a linear-quadratic model that is consistent with sticky prices and search and matching frictions in the labor market. We show that the second-order approximation to the welfare of the representative agent depends on inflation and "gaps" that involve current and lagged unemployment. Our approximation makes explicit how welfare costs are generated by the presence of search frictions. These costs are distinct from the costs associated with relative price dispersion and fluctuations in consumption that appear in standard new Keynesian models. We show the labor market structure has important implications for optimal monetary policy. (JEL E24, E31, E52)

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Ravenna, Federico (Institute of Applied Economics, HEC Montreal and U CA, Santa Cruz)
Walsh, Carl E. (U CA, Santa Cruz)

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E24: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital
E31: Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
E52: Monetary Policy

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