Controlling chaos in New Keynesian macroeconomics

William Barnett, Bella Giovanni (), Taniya Ghosh, Mattana Paolo () and Venturi Beatrice ()
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Bella Giovanni: University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Mattana Paolo: University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Venturi Beatrice: University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2023, vol. 27, issue 2, 219-236

Abstract: In a New Keynesian model, it is believed that combining active monetary policy using a Taylor rule with a passive fiscal rule can achieve local equilibrium determinacy. However, even with such policies, indeterminacy can occur from the emergence of a Shilnikov chaotic attractor in the region of the feasible parameter space. That result, shown by Barnett et al. (2022a), “Shilnikov Chaos, Low Interest Rates, and New Keynesian Macroeconomics,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 134, and again by Barnett et al. (2022b), “Is Policy Causing Chaos in the United Kingdom,” Economic Modeling 108, implies that the presence of the Shilnikov chaotic attractor can cause the economy to drift towards and finally become stuck in the vicinity of lower-than-targeted inflation and nominal interest rates. The result can become the source of a liquidity trap phenomenon. We propose policy options for eliminating or controlling Shilnikov chaotic dynamics to help the economy escape from the liquidity trap or avoid drifting into it in the first place. We consider ways to eliminate or control the chaos by replacing the usual Taylor rule by an alternative policy design without interest rate feedback, such as a Taylor rule with monetary quantity feedback, an active fiscal policy rule with passive monetary rule, or an open loop policy without feedback. We also consider approaches that retain the Taylor rule with interest rate feedback and the associated Shilnikov chaos, while controlling the chaos through a well-known engineering algorithm using a second policy instrument. We find that a second instrument is needed to incorporate a long-run terminal condition missing from the usual myopic Taylor rule.

Keywords: global indeterminacy; liquidity trap; long run anchor; long-term un-predictability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C62 E12 E52 E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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