Estimates of the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy

Ray Fair ()

Yale School of Management Working Papers from Yale School of Management

Abstract: This paper examines various interest rate rules, including rules derived by solving optimal control problems, for their ability to dampen economic fluctuations caused by random shocks. A tax rate rule is also considered. A multicountry econometric model is used for the experiments. The results differ sharply from those obtained using recent models in which the coefficient on inflation in the nominal interest rate rule must be greater than one in order for the economy to be stable.

Keywords: Monetary Policy; Interest Rate Rules (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written
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Working Paper: Estimates of the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy (2003)
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