Imperfect Credibility versus No Credibility of Optimal Monetary Policy

Jean-Bernard Chatelain and Kirsten Ralf

Revue économique, 2021, vol. 72, issue 1, 43-63

Abstract: A minimal central bank credibility, with a non-zero probability of not reneging his commitment (?quasi-commitment?), is a necessary condition for anchoring inflation expectations and stabilizing inflation dynamics. By contrast, a complete lack of credibility, with the certainty that the policy-maker will renege his commitment (?optimal discretion?), leads to the local instability of inflation dynamics. In the textbook example of the New Keynesian Phillips curve, the response of the policy instrument to inflation gaps for optimal policy under quasi-commitment has an opposite sign than in optimal discretion, which explains this bifurcation. JEL Codes: C61, C62, E31, E52, E58.

Keywords: Ramsey optimal policy; imperfect commitment; discretion; New Keynesian Phillips curve; imperfect credibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C62 E31 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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