Can a DSGE Model Explain a Costly Disinflation?

16 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2015

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Maria Ferrara

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Patrizio Tirelli

Department of Economics and Management; Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Center for European Studies (CefES)

Date Written: July 2015

Abstract

This paper shows that a medium-scale DSGE model is able to explain a contemporaneous reduction of output and consumption during a disinflation policy, as it is in the empirical evidence. To this aim, we introduce Rotemberg (1982) adjustment costs and the limited asset market participation assumption.

Keywords: Disinflation, Rotemberg price adjustment, Monetary Policy

JEL Classification: E31, E5

Suggested Citation

Ferrara, Maria and Tirelli, Patrizio, Can a DSGE Model Explain a Costly Disinflation? (July 2015). University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 306, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2640114 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2640114

Maria Ferrara

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