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Title: Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Equivalence Results

Author(s): Isabel Correia, Juan Pablo Nicolini and Pedro Teles

Publication Date: February 2003

Keyword(s): optimal fiscal and monetary policy and sticky prices

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: In this Paper, we analyse the implications of price setting restrictions for the conduct of cyclical fiscal and monetary policy. We consider an environment with monopolistic competitive firms, a shopping time technology, prices set one period in advance, and government expenditures that must be financed with distortionary taxes. We show that the sets of (frontier) implementable allocations are the same independent of the degree of price stickiness. Furthermore, the sets of policies that decentralize each allocation are also the same except in the extreme cases of flexible and sticky prices, where the sets are larger.

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Correia, I, Nicolini, J and Teles, P. 2003. 'Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Equivalence Results'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3730