New Keynesian Microfoundations Revisited: A Calvo-Taylor-Rule-of-Thumb Model and Optimal Monetary Policy Delegation

Richard Mash ()

No 174, Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: We analyze the microfoundations of the Phillips curve and the close links between that relationship and results concerning optimal monetary policy, stabilisation bias and monetary policy delegation. Most recent literature has used a New Keynesian Phillips Curve based on Calvo pricing, often with an additional lagged inflation term motivated by rule-of-thumb behaviour. We develop a framework which encompasses this workhorse model while allowing for a richer time dependent pricing rule. This permits a more general analysis while showing that the standard model and policy conclusions derived from it are not robust to relatively minor changes in its microfoundations.

Keywords: monetary policy; New Keynesian Phillips Curve; Calvo pricing; rule of thumb; stabilisation bias; Monetary Policy Delegation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 E22 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-10-01
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