Alternative Monetary Rules for a Small Open Economy: The Case of Canada

Fabio Ghironi

No 466, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: I compare the performance of alternative monetary rules for Canada using an open economy model under incomplete markets. Different rules generate different paths for the markup and the terms of trade. A comparison of welfare levels suggests that flexible inflation targeting, the Bank of Canada's current policy, dominates strict targeting rules≥among which a fixed exchange rate with the U.S. and the Taylor rule. In contrast to other studies, strict targeting rules generate a more stable real economy by stabilizing markup dynamics. Flexible inflation targeting dominates because it yields a positive covariance between consumption and the labor effort, which provides agents with a source of risk diversification.

Keywords: Fixed exchange rates; Inflation targeting; Monetary rules; Taylor rule; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C52 E52 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2000-02-04, Revised 2000-10-30
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