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dc.contributor.authorBranch, William A.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, George W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T23:37:41Z
dc.date.available2019-05-16T23:37:41Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.identifier244544273
dc.identifier153ff2e9-fb20-4085-82dc-c28624aee91d
dc.identifier85019428889
dc.identifier000404098800007
dc.identifier.citationBranch , W A & Evans , G W 2017 , ' Unstable inflation targets ' , Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , vol. 49 , no. 4 , pp. 767-806 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12397en
dc.identifier.issn0022-2879
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17712
dc.descriptionFinancial support from National Science Foundation Grant no. SES-1025011 is gratefully acknowledged.en
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies long-run inflation targets and stability in an imperfect information environment. When central banks set an inflation target that is not fully communicated, agents draw inferences about inflation from recent data and remain alert to structural change in their econometric model by forming expectations from a forecasting model that is estimated via discounted least squares. Inflation targets can lead agents' beliefs to depart from rational expectations through two channels. First, implementing a higher inflation target can lead to overshooting of the target. Second, there can be nearly self-fulfilling inflation, disinflation, or deflation that arises as an endogenous response to shocks. Policy implications for implementing a higher target without deanchoring expectations are discussed.
dc.format.extent760795
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Money, Credit and Bankingen
dc.subjectInflation targeten
dc.subjectMonetary policyen
dc.subjectExpectationsen
dc.subjectAdaptive learningen
dc.subjectHB Economic Theoryen
dc.subjectHG Financeen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subject.lccHBen
dc.subject.lccHGen
dc.titleUnstable inflation targetsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Economics and Financeen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jmcb.12397
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-05-17


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