Date: 1992
Type: Article
Price Smoothing Policies - A Welfare Analysis
Journal of Monetary Economics, 1992, 30, 2, 255-275
CANOVA, Fabio, Price Smoothing Policies - A Welfare Analysis, Journal of Monetary Economics, 1992, 30, 2, 255-275
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/16755
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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.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/16755
Full-text via DOI: 10.1016/0304-3932(92)90062-7
ISSN: 0304-3932
Earlier different version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/401
Version: The article is a published version of EUI ECO WP; 1992/102
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