Monetary Rules, Determinacy and Limited Enforcement

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Jean Barthelemy

Banque de France

Eric Mengus

HEC Paris - Economics & Decision Sciences

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Date Written: June 18, 2019

Abstract

We investigate the ability of monetary policy rules to implement a unique equilibrium outcome when the enforcement of rules is limited. We combine the approach of Bassetto (2005) and Atkeson et al. (2010) to study implementation and the one by Chari and Kehoe (1990) to allow policy deviations. Our main result is that, under limited enforcement, there does not exist a policy rule that implements a unique outcome: the private sector can always deter the central bank to stick to the rule. We then provide further results on implementation when private agents expect a given policy and when they hesitate between multiple policies.

Keywords: Policy rules, determinacy, limited enforcement

JEL Classification: E31, E52, E65

Suggested Citation

Barthelemy, Jean and Mengus, Eric, Monetary Rules, Determinacy and Limited Enforcement (June 18, 2019). HEC Paris Research Paper No. ECO/SCD-2017-1202, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2962259 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2962259

Jean Barthelemy (Contact Author)

Banque de France ( email )

Paris
France

Eric Mengus

HEC Paris - Economics & Decision Sciences ( email )

Paris
France

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